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THE VIETNAMESE AND THE APPROACH WHICH WE HAD MADE TO THE SOVIET AND EAST EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE WITH VIETNAM TO STOP THE CURRENT PERSECUTION WHICH WAS CAUSING THE OUTFLOW. CORTAZZI, URGED THAT THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO THE VIETNAMESE THE FINNISH REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING THE MATTER THE SOVIET UNION IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RUSSIANS. 5. CORTAZZI RAISED THE SUBJECT OF AID SAYING THAT THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER AID FROM THE UK TO VIETNAM IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND ASKED WHAT THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO
DO ABOUT THEIR AID.
6. THE AMBASSADOR UNDERTOOK TO REPORT THESE REPRESENTATIONS TO HIS FOREIGN MINISTRY IMMEDIATELY. HE SAID THAT RE-SETTLEMENT PLACES HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN OFFERED BY FINLAND BECAUSE OF THEIR UNSUITABLE CLIMATE, AND THAT HE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED ANY INDICATION OF HIS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON REFUGEES,
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