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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1470
OF 091055Z MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, PEKING, HANOI
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WASHINGTON TELNO 1275: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
I AM GRATEFUL TO HM AMBASSADOR FOR PUTTING ACROSS AT A HIGH LEVL IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT THE SERIOUS PROBLEM WE FACE HERE.
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2. IN LIGHT OF TUR I SPOKE TO DON ANDERSON, THE US CONSUL- GENERAL. HE SAID THAT THE CONSULATE GENERAL HAS BEEN FEEDING BACK THE FIGURES REGULARLY TO WASHINGTON. THE THOUGHT HOWEVER THAT, UNTIL THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE TONE OF HIS TELEGRAMS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ''SHRILL ENOUGH. MOST RECENTLY, AS A RESULT OF ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING TO HIM, HE HAD RECTIFIED THIS. HE HAD SENT THREE IMMEDIATE CABLES ON THE SUBJECT IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. HE BELIEVED THAT, AT THE VERY LEAST, WILLIAMS OF THE EAST ASIA BUREAU AND FUNSETH OF THE REFUGEE PRORGAMMES BUREAU SHOULD BE FULLY IN THE PICTURE. I ENCOURAGED
HIM TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.
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