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about our position. But we must make sure.
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IFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG JFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
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ETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
comprehensive armgements (ie voluntar
um.voluitéos etal)
U WILL NO DOUBT HAVE SEEN THE THAMES TO (OGRAMME BOAT PEOPLE OF HOME'' ON TV RECENTLY. IN WHICH NGUYEN | THACH WAS INTERVIEWED . I WAS CONCERNED BY THACK'S CATEGORICAL
SERTION THAT THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT REACHED IN LONDON IN OCTOBER LATED ONLY TO VOLUNATARY REPARTRIATION. THERE WAS NOTHING
| THE BROADCAST VERSION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THACK TO
!GGEST THAT THERE WAS ON THE VIETNAMESE SIDE AN ASSUMPTION OR 'EN A HOPE THAT ONCE THE REPATRIATION SCHEME GOT UNDER WAY. MOST
LEAST OF THE REMAINING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WOULD FEEL COURAGED TO FOLLOW SUIR. IT MAY BE THAT VU KHOAN HAS NOT REVEALED
THACK THE FULL EXTENT OF THE UNDERSTANDING WHICH YOU BELIEVE S REACHED ORALLY. IF ONLY ELLIPTICALLY IN WRITING.
SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS I WOULD PROPOSE TO TAKE A SUITABLE OPPOR- NITY TO RAISE THIS WITH THE VIETNAMESE. TAKING THE LINE THAT ESUMABLY SOME DISTORTION OCCURRED IN THE EDITING OF THE TV JGRAMME AND THAT THE UNDERSTANDING REACHED BETWEEN YOU AND VU JAN ORALLY THAT (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS JLD IN THE END HAVE TO RETURN REMAINS THE CASE. THIS OPPORTUNITY JULD COME WHEN I SEE VU KHOAN ABOUT THE MOU. WHICH I TRUST .L BE SOON.
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