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INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON
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OUR TELNO 552: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
1. UNHCR HAVE GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATIONS FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS ON YESTERDAY'S FLIGHT.
REASON
(A) DELAYED CLEARANCE FROM VIETNAM
(B) AWAITING OTHER MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY (STILL UNDER PROCESSING) TO JOIN THE SAME FLIGHT LATER
(C) AWAITING MEDICAL CLEARANCE
(D) PENDING POLICE INVESTIGATION
ON CRIMINAL OFFENCES
(E) WITHDRAWALS
NO OF VBP
12
11
2
4
15
TOTAL
44
2. WE UNDERSTAND FROM UNHCR FIELD WORKERS THAT THERE IS CONSIDERABLE DOUBT ABOUT THE MOTIVATION OF MANY OF THOSE WITH EXTANT REQUESTS FOR REPATRIATION. IT SEEMS THAT MANY ARE VERY LUKEWARM, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A SIMILAR PATTERN OF LATE WITHDRAWALS OCCURS WITH SUBSEQUENT GROUPS.
WILSON
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