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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM FRANCIS MAUDE
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION
1.
MANY THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND YOUR SMALL TEAM DID TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS INDEED SO LITTLE TO REPORT LAST NIGHT. 2.
IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS OPERATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE SUCCESS IT WAS. THE COOPERATION SHOWN BY THE VIETNAMESE WAS CRUCIAL, AND WAS DUE IN NO SMALL PART TO YOUR EFFORTS: YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TELL MR CAN PERSONALLY HOW GRATEFUL WE WERE. ALL YOUR GOOD WORK IN MONITORING THE RETURNED VIETNAMESE IS MUCH APPRECIATED ALSO.
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