TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 279

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ADVANCES: BOAT PEOPLE

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FM WASHINGTON 122351Z JULY 1979

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1919 OF 12 JULY 1979, AND TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR (HONG HONG)

WASHINGTON TELNO 14 TO HONG KONG VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. STATE DEPARTMENT (EAST ASIAN/REGIONAL AFFAIRS) ARE PREPARING A COLLECTION OF PAPERS WHICH THEY INTEND TO CALL A WHITE PAPER'' WHOSE PURPOSE WILL BE TO DEMONSTRATE WHY AND HOW REFUGEES LEAVE VIETNAM, AND TO DOCUMENT, SO FAR AS POSSIBLE, OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE INVOLVEMENT IN THE TRAFFIC. STATE PLAN TO MAKE THE PAPER AVAILABLE AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE AND TO OTHER INTERESTED COVERNMENTS IN ORDER TO DISPEL ANY LINGERING DOUBTS ABOUT OFFICIAL VIETNAMESE CONNIVANCE. THE PAPER WOULD THUS EFFECTIVELY BECOME A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

9. THE PAPER IS TO CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE DISPASSIONATE REPORTS WITH LITTLE OR NO COMMENT, CULLED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES, INCLUDI & US

10AVIGA CU EVAINIACH GIVEN BY VICTHMIESC REFUGEES

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