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5. SULLIVAN THEN MENTIONED AGAIN THE URGENCY OF THE QUESTION

OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM WHO HAD ARRIVED BY DOAT AND WERE NOW IN DETENTION, LIANG GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT WE SHOULD VERY SHORTLY RECEIVE AN ANSWER ON THIS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SAY PRECISELY WHEN. THE DEPARTMENT WERE AWARE THAT CORTAZZI HAD RAISED THIS QUESTION WITH K'O HUA (FCO TELNO 967 TO: YOU).

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WE SHALL KEEP UP THE PRESSURE.

CRADOCK

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