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PP BUCHAREST

PP SOFIA

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 6

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5 JUN 1979

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AND TO PRIORITY WARSAW, PRAGUE, BUCHAREST, SOFIA, BELGRADE

INFO MOSCOW, HANOI, PEKING, HONG-KONG, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK,

UKMIS GENEVA, PARIS, BONN, UKREP PRUSSELS

INFO SAVING KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA, JAKARTA, BANGKOK,

CANBERRA, WELLINGTON, VIENTIANE, TOKYO

FCO TELNO 275 TO MOSCOW: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

FOLLOWING SIR IAN GILMOUR'S TALK WITH THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR

EAST FUROPEAN AMBASSADORS ARE CURRENTLY BEING SUMMONED TO RECEIVE

REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE REFUGEE PROBLEM. WE ARE ASKING THEM

WHETHER THEIR GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RELIEF PROGRAMMES

AND PUT PRESSURE ON VIETNAM TO CONTROL THE EXODUS. A SPEAKING

HOTE IS BEING HANDED OVER.

2. MR BLAKER WILL SPEAK TO THE BULGARIAN AND YUGOSLSV

AMBASSADORS IN THE COURSE OF COURTESY CALLS ON 4 AND 5 JUNE.

CORTAZZI SAW THE POLE ON 31 MAY AND WILL SEE THE ROMANIAN ON

1 JUNE AND THE CZECHOSLOVAK ON 5 JUNE. BULLARD SPOKE TO THE

HUNGARIAN ON 31 MAY.

3. COPY OF SPEAKING NOTE AND RECORDS OF CALLS BY BAG TO

EASTERN EUROPEAN POSTS INVOLVED.

CARRINGTON

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