2. THE PAPER IS TO CONSIST OF OBJECTIVE DISPASSIONATE REPORTS WITH LITTLE OR NO COMMENT, CULLED FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES, INCLUDI A5 B MISSIONS ABROAD, DRAWING ON EVIDENCE GIVEN BY VIETNAMESE REFUGETS THEMSELVES, IN THIS CONNECTION THE EAST ASIAN REGIONAL AFFAIR OFFICE (LT COL MICHAEL EILAND) HAS TODAY ASKED US IF STATE CAN USE 23 OVERT INTERROGATION REPORTS (0 IR) PRODUCED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT BY THE CIA STATION IN HONG KONG. THE REPORTS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL NOFORN, 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, IE DETAILS WHICH COULD IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL SCURCE CR 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 I RS, WHICH THEY DESCRIBE AS THEIR BEST MATERIAL, AND SAY THAT WITHOUT THEM THE PAPER HOULD 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 I FT.
ROBINSON.
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