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TO PRIORITY SAIGON TELNO.111 OF 13 AUGUST/INFO HONG KONG.

YOUR TELNO.222 : ILLEGAL EMIGRANTS.

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1. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS AGAIN WRITTEN TO LORD GORONWY

ROBERTS REPEATING THE UNSUPPORTED ALLEGATIONS THAT 14 OF THE

118 HAVE DIED AND 21 TO 25 MEN HAVE BEEN SENT TO FRONT-LINE UNITS WITHOUT TRAINING, AND PROPOSING AN INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL ENQUIRY,

2. IN THE NEXT ROUND OF CORRESPONDENCE, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WILL NO DOUBT MAKE PLAY WITH SANGUINETTI'S REPORT, BUT IT WOULD

SEEM FROM YOUR TUR THAT HE DID NOT SPEAK TO THE DEFENCE LAWYERS IN SAIGON (FCO TELNO.223 TO BANGKOK), WE MAY WISH TO USE THIS FACT (IF YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS IS TRUE) IN CASTING DOUBT ON

SANGUINETTI'S CONCLUSIONS: AND GO ON TO SUGGEST THAT AMNESTY

SHOULD CONTACT THE DEFENCE LAWYERS FOR INDEPENDENT INFORMATION

ON THE FACTS IN DISPUTE. THIS IS ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE

DEFENCE LAWYERS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THE GROUPS AND WOULD THEREFORE

BE IN A POSITION TO DENY THE ALLEGATIONS. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL

FOR THE NAMES. AND ADDRESS OF THE LAWYERS.

3. GIVEN THAT SANGUINETTI MAY WELL. DEPLOY THE SUBSTITUTION THEORY (PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR) WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR BRIEF

DETAILS OF THE OBSTACLES IN THE WAY OF RIGGING COURT APPEARANCES IN THIS WAY, GIVEN VIETNAMESE LEGAL PROCEDURES.

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