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TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 15: YOUR TELNO 13:
REPATRIATION
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: VOLUNTARY
REPORTS HAVE APPEARED IN THE LOCAL PRESS/RADIO TODAY QUOTING UNHCR OFFICIALS AS SAYING THAT THEY WILL CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE ALLEGATION THAT A RETURNING VOLUNTEER HAS BEEN IMPRISONED. ACCORDING TO JOURNALISTS HERE THE LETTER WAS SENT FROM VIETNAM BY A MR VAN TIEN KA TO HIS BROTHER WHO IS STILL IN A DETENTION CENTRE HERE. THE LETTER WAS APPARENTLY PASSED ONTO THE UNHCR OFFICE HERE ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND COPIES HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY TO SEVERAL
JOURNALISTS.
2. VAN TIEN KA RETURNED TO VIETNAM ON 30 NOVEMBER 1989. HE GAVE HIS ADDRESS AS:
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QUANTRI
HUYỆN TRIEN HAI
BINH TRỊ TIÊN
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNHCR OFFICE IN HANOI HAVE BEEN ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THIS REPORT. IN ANSWER TO PRESS ENQUIRIES WE HAVE COMMENTED THAT THIS REPORT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH CAUTION. A SIMILAR REPORT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TURNED OUT TO BE INACCURATE. WE WOULD NOT WISH TO COMMENT FURTHER UNTIL UNHCR HAVE ESTABLISHED THE FACTS.
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