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YOUR TELNO.142 TO BANGKOK : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

ABOARD M.V. SIBONGA.

ASSÍ

YOUR PARAGRAPH 2: ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER SPOKE TO

CAPTAIN WATSON OF THE SIBONGA ON THESE LINES ON 10 MAY,

CONTRASTING THE UNWILLINGNESS OF THE THAIS TO ALLOW REFUGEES

TO DISEMBARK AT THE FIRST PORT OF CALL WITH OUR OWN MORE

LIBERAL RECORD. WATSON NOTED OUR DIFFICULTIES IN MAKING

ANY ARRANGEMENTS HERE UNTIL THE THAI POSITION HAD BEEN TESTED

BUT EMPHASISED THAT HIS OWNERS ATTACHED GREATER IMPORTANCE

TO THE LOSSES INCURRED BY DELAY IN BANGKOK.

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