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INFO TELELETTER F C O
FROM:
S J GOMERSALL ESQ,
FOLLOWING FOR:
COPIED TO:
R G TALLBOYS ESQ,
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US REFUGEE PANEL VISIT TO HANOI AND VIENTIANE
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1. PLEASE REFER TO MY TELELETTER OF 24 OCTOBER TO MISS WALKER, HKD, FCO. JOE SNYDER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR VIETNAM, LAOS AND KAMPUCHEA IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD RE
THEY WOULD BE IN HANOI TRAVELLING TO VIETNAM WITH THE PANEL.
ON 14 NOVEMBER AND IF TIME PERMITTED, HE WOULD APPRECIATE AN
AS IN THE PAST, OPPORTUNITY OF A CHAT WITH YOU OR MIKE WOOD. THEY WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON
A CONTINGENCY RASIS.
25/10
2. SYNDER SAID THAT THE DECISION OF THE PANEL TO GO TO VIETNAM HAD CAUSED MISGIVINGS WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE IT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS A FURTHER QUOTE POLITICAL GESTURE UNQUOTE TOWARDS THE VIETNAMESE, AND USED BY THE VIETNAMESE TO BOLSTER THE IMPRESSION THEY WERE TRYING TO CREATE OF A DEVELOPING DIALOGUE WITH THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE UNLIKELIHOOD OF MOVING THE VIETNAMESE ON ANY REFUGEE QUESTION, THE PANEL HAD INSISTED ON MAKING THE VISIT, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD, AS OVER THE MIA ISSUE, TAKE THE LINE THAT THE VISIT WAS PURELY FOR DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES, AND THAT NO OTHER QUESTIONS WOULD SE ADDRESSED IN THE TALKS.
3. THE VIETNAMESE HAVE NOT YET CRANTED WISAS, BUT ARE EXPECTED
TO DO SO.
SIGNED: S J GOMERSALL
LIKIC dy 3/5.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
29 OCT 1965
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