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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 290845Z APR 85
TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 30 OF 29 APRIL
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, F CO
ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, HKGO GENEVA (FOR THE ATTENTION OF CARTLAND), HKGO BRUSSELS (JONES), HKGO NEW YORK (DORWARD), HKGO WASHINGTON (LO)
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATION
OF A REPORT IN THE WAH KIU YAT PO (A LEFT WING HONG KONG
NEWSPAPER) OF 23 APRIL:
BEGINS: (JIJI NEWS AGENCY, HANO!, 22.4.85) MR LE DUE THO,
POLITBUREAU MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM, MET PRESS
REPORTERS ON 21.4.85. HE COMMENTED ON THE 550,000 VIETNAMESE
**REFUGEES ON THE SEA WHO TOOK TO THEIR HEELS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES
WHEN THE WAR OF VIETNAM ENDED. HE DISCLOSED THAT IF THESE REFUGEES'
WISHED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED TO LAND.
MR LE SAID, ''REFUGEES ARE ALMOST A CONCOMITANT OF CHANGE OF REGIME. THEIR EMERGENCE IS ALWAYS THE CASE. BUT, AS TO THE MAJORITY
OF REFUGEES WHO LEFT BECAUSE THEY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE
MISERABLE LIVELIHOOD OR THE POLITICAL POWER, ALL OF THEM (EXCEPT
WAR CRIMINALS) ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY NOW
THAT SITUATIONS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL. IN FACT, WE HAVE ALL ALONG
BEEN TREATING THESE REFUGEES AS VIETNAMESE NATIONALS.'' ENDS.
2. IN PARTICULAR, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED TO LEARN THE PRESENT STATUS
OF MR LE DUE THO AND WHY HE SHOULD CHOOSE THIS PARTICULAR TIME TO
MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT (IF, INDEED, HE DID).
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