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2. THE PAPER IS TO CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE DIEPASSIONATE REPORTS WITH LITTLE OR NO COMMENT, CULLED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES, INCLUDING US MISSIONS ABROAD, DRAWING ON EVIDENCE GIVEN BY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES THEMSELVES. IN THIS CONNECTION THE EAST ASIAN REGIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICE (LT COL MICHAEL EILAND) HAS TODAY ASKED US IF STATE CAN USE 20 OVERT INTERROGATION REPORTS (0 1 R) PROTUCED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT BY THE C I A STATION IN HONG KONG, THE REPORTS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NOFCRN, ARE NOT IDENTIFIED BY REFERENCE NUMBERS AND LIST THE UNNAMED SCURCES AS A TO Z. A SPECIMEN (ONE OF THE SHORTER REPORTS) IS IN MIFT. OTHERS RUN TO ABOUT 750 WORDS.
3. THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE THE OIRS ON A NON-ATTRIBUTABLE BASIS AND IN A SANITIZED FORM, I E DETAILS WHICH COULD IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL SOURCE OR THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES E G DATES, NAMES, PLACES, NUMBERS, AGES, CURRENCY ETC WOULD BE EXCISED.
4. STATE ATTACH SOME IMPORTANCE TO INCLUDING THE HONG KONG O 1 RS, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE AS THEIR BEST MATERIAL, AND SAY THAT WITHOUT THEM THE PAPER WOULD LOSE MUCH OF ITS IMPACT. THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW BEFORE 17 JULY IF THEY MAY PROCEED. THEY WOULD SHOW THIS EMBASSY THE PAPER IN DRAFT.
5. SEE M IFT.
ROBINSON.
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