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TELNO 3277
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INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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PERSONAL FOR PAUL, HKD AND COLVIN, SEAD FROM GOVERNOR
HANOI PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
UKMIS GENEVA PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
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HANOI TELNOS 510 AND 513: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION
AND A
1. I ACCEPT HMA HANOI'S JUDGEMENT THAT WE HAVE LITTLE TO GAIN
GOOD DEAL TO LOOSE FROM GIVING THE VIETNAMESE A WARNING THAT WE
INTEND TO USE QUOTE NORMAL INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURES UNQUOTE. HOWEVER, WE MUST BE READY TO DEFEND OUR ACTIONS TO THE VIETNAMESE SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. WE WILL PROVIDE A DEFENSIVE BRIEF FOR USE WITH THE VIETNAMESE AND OTHERS AS A PART OF OUR PREPARATIONS FOR THE
RETURN OF THE FIRST GROUP.
2. ON OUR OFFER OF ASSISTANCE WITH MONITORING, I AM OF COURSE HAPPY TO ACCEPT THE AMBASSADOR'S ADVICE THAT WE SHOULD SEE HOW THINGS GO
WITH THE FIRST GROUP. WE SHALL ALL NO DOUBT WISH THEN TO CONSIDER HOW ARRANGEMENTS COULD BE IMPROVED. ON THE AMBASSADOR'S LAST POINT IN FIRST TUR, THE POSITION IS THAT THE OFFICIAL WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
FOR A SECONDMENT TO HANOI WAS CLEARED UP TO U K SECRET DURING HIS
SERVICE WITH THE HKG. HE LEFT HIS POST HERE IN MAY 1988. WE ASSUME
THAT HIS VETTING STATUS IS STILL VALID.
WILSON
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