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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** WIOSE PURPOSE WILL BE TO DEMONSTRATE WHY AND HOW REFUGEES LEAVE. VIETNAM, AND YO 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 ABCUT OFFICIAL. VIETNAMESE CONNIVANCE. THE PAPER WOULD THUS EFFECTIVELY BECOME A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
2. THE PAPER IS TO CONSIST OF CBJECTIVE DISPASSIONATE REPORTS WITH LITTLE.OR NO COMMENT, CULLED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES, INCLUDING US
Swamine an EVIDENCE GIVEN BY VIETNAMESE REFUCETS
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