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046417 MDHIAN 9473
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 540
OF 1205OOZ OCTOBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
(297)
CHONG PERSONAI FOR GOVERNOR)
YOUR TELNO 338: VBP: REPATRIATION
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
1. MY TELNO 534 SHOULD HAVE MADE IT CLEARER THAT I WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE PASSENGER LIST (WHICH I ASSUME TO BE THE 20-40 PEOPLE
REFERRED TO IN YOUR TELNO 653. I DO NOT THINK THE VIETNAMESE
WILL SERIOUSLY DISCUSS TIMINGS UNTIL THEY SEE PRECISELY WHO WILL
BE COMING BACK ON THE FLIGHT.
2. WE SHALL AT SOME STAGE BEFORE THE FLIGHT HAVE TO COME CLEAN
ON THE NUMBER AND IDENTITY OF ACCOMPANYING OFFICIALS/POLICEMEN.
ALL CONCERNED WILL NEED TO BE FULLY BRIEFED ON THE NEED FOR
DELICATE HANDLING OF THE RETURNEES AT THIS END.
3. CLEARLY WE SHALL NEED TO AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF SC3 BEFORE LAUNCHING THIS EXERCISE. GIVEN THE TIME DIFFERENCE, THIS MEANS DELAYGING INFORMING THE VIETNAMESE OF THE FLIGHT UNTIL 18 OCTOBER. I WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN ALLOWING PETER WHITEHEAD, CHARG'E, TO INFORM THE VIETNAMESE ON 16 OR 17 OCTOBER THAT ON MY RETURN ON 18 OCTOBER I WILL WISH TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE SIGNATURE OF THE AGREED MINUTE, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAIL ON E.G. TIMING. LE THO, A KEY FIGURE IN ALL THIS WILL OF COURSE BE IN GENEVA.
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I ASSUME THAT THE QUESTION OF FUNDS IS BEING DEALT WITH.
DAVIES
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