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KUALA LUMPUR CANBERRA MANILA SINGAPORE UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON,

VIETNAMESE EMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES

1.

VETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCED ON 12 JAN THAT REGULATIONS WOULD BE PROMULATED TO ALLOW QUOTE THOSE VIETNAMESE WHO WISH TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY TO DO SO TO JOIN THEIR FAMILIES OR TO SETTLE THERE EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING CASES. THOSE WHO ARE AT THE AGE OF MILITARY SERVICE, THOSE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN WORKS INVOLVING STATE SECRECY OR IN IMPORTANT OCCUPATIONS CONCERNING PRODUCTION OR PUBLIC SERVICES AND WHO ARE NOT YET REPLACEABLE,

CRIMINALS AND CULPRITS WAITING FOR TRIALS UNQUOTE. THE

ANNOUNCEMENT ALSO SAID THAT THE GOVT OF VIETNAM WOULD DISCUSS

THE APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY WITH UNHCR.

2. SEE MIFT.

MARGETSON

FILES

SEAD

UND

HK YGK

FED

SAD

NEWS.D

MVD

PS

PS / LORD GORONWY REBERT'S PS/MR LUARD

PS/PUS

EID(E) SIR A DUFF

PUSD

MR CORTAZZI

OID

HR WEIR

IPD

MR MURRAY

COPIES TO:

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE

LONDON.

MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

MR BIRT

QUEEN ANNES GATE

HOME OFFICE.

LUNAR HOUSE,

CROYDON