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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 993
OF 1018OOZ MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
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HANOI TELNO 240: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. IN VIEW OF THO'S REMARKS TO HMA HANOI IT WOULD CLEARLY BE PREFERABLE TO DISCOURAGE HOANG VAN SOP AND PHUNG VAN UT FROM RETURNING TO VIETNAM. ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES FELT COMPELLED TO TAKE AGAINS THEM WOULD INEVITABLY BE SEIZED UPON BY THE MEDIA AND OTHERS SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME. IT DOES SEEM SURPRISING, HOWEVER, THAT THE TWO SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO RETURN IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIMES.
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