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RESTRICTED

HANOI 280935Z AUG 79

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 241 OF 28 AUGUST

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1627A

HKK 2430

INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA BANGKOK AND HONG KONG (FORM GOVERNOR)

SAVING TO WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK UKMIS GEVEVA AND

PEKING.

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PARA 5 OF BANGKOK TELNO 512 TO FCO (NOT TO HONG KONG): VISIT TO SE ASIA OF CANADIAN MP

1. MR ROBERT WENNMAN MP, CHAIRMAN OF THE CAN-

ADIAN PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S SUB-

COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, ARRIVED IN HANOI

ON 24 AUGUST AND LEFT FOR HO CHI MINH CITY ON

28 AUGUST. HE RETURNS TO BANGKOK ON 39 AUGUST FOR

A FURTHER VISIT TO THAILAND WITH A PROGRAMME ORGAN-

ISED BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT. MR WENMAN MAY

VISIT HONG KONG ON HIS WAY HOME,

2. MR WENMAN HAD DISCUSSIONS IN HANOI WITH VICE-

MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOANG BICH SON,

AND WITH VU HOANG, HEAD OF CONSULAR DEPARTMENT.

HOANG BICH SON TOLD MR WENMAN THAT VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA

WOULD BOTH WELCOME FOOD AID, THOUGH HE INDICATED

THAT IF NOTHING UNTOWARD OCCURS OVER THE NEXT SIX

WEEKS TO DAMAGE THE RICE HARVEST, THE FOOD SHORT- FALL IN VIETNAM WILL BE BELOW THE THREE MILLION

TONS PREDICTED BY SOME EXTERNAL OBSERVERS, HOANG

BICH SON SAID THAT FOOD AID FOR BOTH COUNTRIES COULD BE PROVIDED ON A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT BASIS OR THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT WOULD ACCEPT MONITORING ARRANGEMENT REQUESTED

BY DONORS FOR FOOD AID SUPPLIED TO VIETNAM, HOANG

BICH SOM SAID THAC HE COULD NOT GIVE SIMILAR ASSUR-

ANCES ON BEHALF OF HENG SAMRIN BUT THE LATTER WOULD

ACCEPT FOOD AID TO CAMBODIA WITHOUT THE PRE-

CONDITION OF RECOGNITION OF HIS GOVERNMENT,

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