CONFIDENTIAL
FM BANGKOK
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 94
OF 31020OZ JANUARY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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YOUR TELNO 39 TO HANOI: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: INFORMATION
ACTIVITIES TO DISCOURAGE CLANDESTINE DEPARTURES.
1.
ACCORDING TO CASSELLA
A TEN-MINUTE FILM BASED
ON FOOTAGE SHOT BY A VIETNAMESE FILM TEAM IN HONG KONG
HAS NOW BEEN SHOWN THREE TIMES ON TELEVISION IN NORTHERN VIETNAM, AND HAS MADE A CONSIDERABLE IMPACT. A THIRTY-MINUTE FOR BROADCASTING ON TELEVISION AND FOR DISTRIBUTION
FILM
AS A VIDEO IS UNDER PREPARATION, AND SHOULD BE READY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
2.
CASSELLA SAID THE AMERICANS IN HONG KONG HAD REFUSED TO CO-OPERATE IN GIVING AN INTERVIEW ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF GAINING ACCESS TO THE USA. BUT HE HOPES TO RECORD AN INTERVIEW
WITH A VIETNAMESE-SPEAKING AMERICAN CONSULAR OFFICER IN BANGKOK
ON THE SUBJECT OF HOW HARD IT IS FOR VIETNAMESE TO GET FROM HONG KONG TO THE USA.
MELHUISH
3
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
112
DISTRIBUTION
121
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
PUSD
ECD (E)
FED
RMD
PS
PAGE
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR SAINSBURY
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/MRS CHALKER
PS/PUS
MR P J WESTON
MR GILLMORE
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