6. HOAN ASKED FOR THE EVIDENCE OF VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT" INVOLVEMA! CORTAZZI SAID THAT AS THE EVIDENCE WAS REVEALED IN COURT IN BUGS KONG WE WOULD CONVEY IT TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR FORWARDING TO HIS GOVERNMENT.
7 HOÀN, ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS, THEN LAUNCHED INTO A LENGTHY ATTACK ON WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS THE FEVERISH CHINESE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR AND ON CHINA'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN INDO-CHINA. HE REFERRED TO DENG XIAO PING'S REMARKS IN TOKYO AND WASHINGTON AND TO THE CHINESE BUILD-UP OF FORCES. HE CRITICISED THAILAND FOR ALLEGEDLY PERMITTING THE USE OF ITS TERRITORY FOR THE SUPPLY OF ARMS TO CAMBODIA AND ASKED THAT THE UK-SUGGEST TO THE THAIS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT ALLOW THIS TRAFFIC.
8. HOAN SAID THAT VIETNAM'S URGENTS MESSAGES TO THE UN HAD DRAWN ATTENTION TO THE GRAVE SITUATION AND WERE PROOF OF VIETNAM' 3 PEACEFUL INTENTIONS. HE ASKED THAT THE UK SHOULD RESPOND BY TAKING APPROPRIATE MEASURES.
9. ON REFUGEES, HOAN AGAIN DENIED THAT THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH ORGANISED DEPARTURES. HE BLAMED THE CHINESE AND THE CIA FOR SPREADING FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND REPEATED HIS REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE WHICH COULD BE FOLLOWED UP.
10. CORTAZZI DID NOT ACCEPT HOAN'S ANALYSIS. HE NOTED WITH CONCERN HIS REMARKS ABOUT THAILAND WHICH APPEARED TO CARRY AN ELEMENT OF THREAT AND WARNED THAT ANY THREAT TO THAILAND WOULD BE OF CONCERN TO ALL THAILAND'S FRIENDS. ON REFUGEES: WE AWAITED THE RESULTS OF VIETNAMESE DISCUSSION WITH THE UNHCR TO SEE IF THEY WERE BEING SINCERE. THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT IF IT DENIED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ARRANGED DEPARTURES OF REFUGEES SHOULD TAKE EVERY POSSIBLE ACTION TO ENSURE THAT ITS OFFICIALS WERE NOT INVOLVED. THE PROBLEMS AFFECTING HONG KONG HAD AROUSED STRONG FEELINGS AGAINST VIETNAM BOTH IN HONG KONG AND IN THE UK. FINALLY CORTAZZI REPEATED THE NEED FOR RESTRAINT ON THE SINO-VIETNAMESE BORDER.
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11. YOU MAY INFORM YOUR HOST GOVERNMENTS OF THE FOREGOING. YOU MAY- ALSO REFER TO CORTAZZI HAVING SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR (FCO TELNO 153 TO PEKING), BUT SHOULD NOT GO INTO DETAIL.
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