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FM F C 0 011236Z NOV 78
TO ROUTINE BANGKOK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 287 OF 1 NOVEMBER
INFO HONG KONG
INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA
PA
HKK 243/1
LAND HE RIGHT RO. 57
3 NOV 1978
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ماد
BANGKOK TELNO 411: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ABOARD M V PACIFIC CONVEYOR
1. THE REPORTED REFUSAL BY SOME OF THESE REFUGEES OF THE FRENCH OFFER OF EVENTUAL ASYLUM IS SURPRISING. WE HOPE THE UNHCR REPRES- ENTATIVE IN BANGKOK HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THEY ARE IN NO POSITION TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHERE TO SETTLE AND THAT THEIR REFUSAL COULD AFFECT ADVERSELY THE ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENTS NOT ONLY TO THEIR OWN IMMEDIATE PLIGHT BUT TO THAT OF FUTURE QUOTE BOAT REFUGEES UN-
QUOTE.
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SEAD
HK & GD
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NEWS D
PS/LORD GORONWY
ROBERTS
PS/MR LUARD MR WEIR
MR MURRAY
MR FIGG
MR STRATTON
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MR C BIRT HOME OFFICE HK & GD 6 GRAFTON ST. W1
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