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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG WASHINGTON
SAVING TO BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR MANILA JAKARTA AND
.SINGAPORE
MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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LIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 7 JUN1979
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1. THE FALSEHOODS AND EVASIONS IN VU HOANG'S ANSWERS
ABOUT REFUGEES ARE CLEAR. AT RISK OF STATING THE
OBVIOUS I HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS.
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(A) HOANG DESCRIBES THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE REFUGEE
PROBLEM AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE US WAR, CHINESE POLICIES
ETC. YET IT WAS VU HOANG HIMSELF WHO TOLD THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVE (PLEASE PROTECT) THAT VIETNAM WISHED TO GET RID OF THE REMAINING ETHNIC CHINESE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE (MY LETTER OF 17 MAY TO MURRAY).
(8) HOANG EMPHASISES VIETNAM'S COOPERATION
WITH UNHCR, BUT, AS FAR AS VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE CONCERNED, SUCH COOPERATION CONCERNS LARGELY THE SMALL FAMILY REUNION SCHEME WHICH HARDLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE OF THE PROBLEM
(MY TELNO 160).
(C) WHEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN VIETNAM'S EMIGRATION POLICY, HOANG MERELY SAYS THAT VIETWNAM HAS AUTHORISED THE EXIT OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO REJOIN THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT APPL- ICATIONS FOR EXIT VISAS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THE FIRST PART IS TRUE BUT OMITS THE FACT THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
HAVE NOT BEEN PERMITTED TO LEAVE VIETNAM TO REJOIN THEIR FAMILIES. THE SECOND PART 1S SELF-EVIDENT BUT MAKES
NO MENTION OF VISA ISSUING POLICY.
(D) I NEED NOT COMMENT ON HOANG'S DENIAL OF THE SUGGEST- ION THAT BRIBES ARE BEING COLLECTED FROM REFUGEES. AS FOR HIS DENIAL THAT REFUGEES ARE DEING USED TO FORM A FIFTH
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