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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 659 OF 14 JUNE INFO IMMEDIATE SAIGON ROUTINE
PEKING.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 526 AND SAIGON TELEGRAM NO 154 TO FCO (NOT REPEATED TO PEKING) ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM.
I WELCOME THESE EXTRA ASSURANCES. IN ADDITION, SOUTH VIETNAMESE
CONSUL GENERAL HAS CONFIRMED THAT SOUTH VIETNAMESE CARINET HAVE
AGREED THAT THERE SHOULD BE FULLEST COOPERATION WITH THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT (BOTH PRACTICAL AND PRESENTATIONAL) IN HANDLING THE
PROBLEMS OF REPATRIATION. CONSUL GENERAL SHOWED NO ENTHUSIASM
FOR SUGGESTION THAT AN IMPARTIAL INTERNATIONAL BODY MIGHT INTERVIEW
MEMBERS OF THE GROUP ON THEIR RETURN TO SAIGON (PARA 6 OF MY TELEGRAM NO 652). NEVERTHELESS, HE SEEMED WHOLLY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA THAT ONCE THE GROUP HAD FINISHED COOPERATING WITH VIETNAMESE
POLICE IN THEIR ENQUIRIES INTO THE QUOTE SMUGGLING RACKET UNQUOTE, INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR LEGAL ENTRY TO
HONG KONG AND THAT ANY APPLICATIONS TO LEAVE VIETNAM FOR HONG KONG SHOULD BE SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED BY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY IF ANY APPEARED TO HAVE A VALID CLAIM ON HONG KONG,
2. I THINK THAT WE NOW HAVE ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS ON THE QUESTION OF MALTREATMENT. WE ARE THEREFORE, IN COORDINATION WITH THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CONSUL GENERAL REPATRIATING THE WHOLE GROUP BY AIR. THIS IS PROVISIONALLY FIXED FOR EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING, PENDING KENAL
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