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FM FCO 301725Z MAY 79

TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR

TELEGRAM NUMBER 120 OF 30 MAY

AND TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA

INFO PRICRITY HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR), UKMIS NEW YORK,

UKMIS GENEVA, PEKING, MOSCOW, WASHINGTON, HANOI

INFO SAVING CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, PARIS, BONN, UKREP BRUSSELS

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: ASEAN

1.

CORTAZZI TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MEETING WITH ASEAN

REPRESENTATIVES ON 30 MAY TO ENLIST THEIR HELP OVER THE

PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. HE DESCRIBED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

AND UNDERLINED THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION, PARTICULARLY IN

HONG KONG. HE EXPLAINED THE RECENT ACTIONS, TAKEN BY HMG,

AS FOLLOWS:

(A) HE HIMSELF HAD SUMMONED THE VIETNAMESE CHARGE ON 24 MAY (FCO TEL NO 323 TO HONG KONG) AND DEMANDED

THAT THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES TAKE STEPS TO STOP

THE RACKET IN HUMAN LIVES:

(B) THE LORD PRIVY SEAL SUMMONED THE SOVIET

AMPASSADOR ON 29 MAY (FCO TEL NO 275 TO MOSCOW)

AND ASKED THAT THE SOVIET COVERNMENT USE ITS

INFLUENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM TO CHANGE

ITS POLICY SO THAT THE EXODUS SHOULD BE PLANNED

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