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INFO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, MOSCOW
FOR PS TO MR BLAKER FROM CORTAZZI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. PLEASE SHOW MR BLAKER FCO TELNO 323 TO HONG KONG, HONG KONG TELS NOS 647, 648 AND 651 TO FCO AND UKMIS
GENEVA TELNO 168 TO FCO.
see (788
2. IN HIS CALL AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW
MINISTER OF STATE MAY CARE TO PURSUE POINT IN PARA 5 OF
UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 168 ABOUT INTERNATIONALISING
RESETTLEMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TALKING TO LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES. WE SHALL BE CONSIDERING URGENTLY WHAT FURTHER
DIPLOMATIC ACTION WE CAN TAKE.
3. DIRECT REPRESENTATIONS BY THE WESTERN OR ASEAN
STATES TO THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT SEEM UNLIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE IN GETTING THEM, TO STOP THE PRESENT RACKET OR TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN VIETNAM (ESSENTIAL IF THE OUTFLOW IS TO BE STEMMED IN THE LONG RUN). THE ONLY GOVERNMENT IN A POSITION
TO EXERCISE ANY EFFECTIVE INFLUENCE WITH VIETNAM
NOW SEEMS TO BE THE SOVIET UNION. THE PRESENT
SITUATION HOWEVER PROBABLY SUITS THE LATTER WELL,
BUT IT IS NO ADVERTISEMENT FOR THEIR TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT AND IT IS FOR CONSIDERATION WHETHER
THE WESTERN POWERS SHOULD TAKE UP THE ISSUE WITH
THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT. IF SO THE FORTHCOMING
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