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5. TO THE QUESTION IN PARAGRAPH 5G OF YOUR TUR, MR HARTLING REPLIED FIRMLY THAT HE WOULD NOT, REPEAT NOT, WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT NOW EQUATING REFUGEES AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS FROM VIETNAM SINCE AT THIS MOMENT IT COULD FRUSTRATE THE EVOLUTION FOR WHICH HE HOPED WITHIN VIETNAM. (HE INDICATED, ANYWAY, THAT HE BELIEVED THE US IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES WOULD BE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE ON THEIR OWN DEFINITIONS.)
6. I SHOULD ADD THAT THE IMPRESSION MR HARTLING GAVE IN THIS CONVERSATION WAS NOT SO MUCH NEGATIVE AS QUIETLY OPTIMISTIC.
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