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ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME
ADAMS' TELELETTER OF 17 SEPTEMBER:
(ODP)
MEETING WITH MR FUNSETH
1.
US EMBASSY LAST WEEK LEFT WITH US AN EXTRACT FROM A STATE
DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM (US MISSION CAN NO DOUBT PROVIDE DETAILS)
INDICATING US PRIORITIES ON THE ODP. THESE INCLUDED:
(I) US BELIEF THAT ODP'S HUMANITARIAN COMPONENT IS ESSENTIAL:
(II) US CONCERN AT PERVASIVENESS OF BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN
OBTAINING EXIT PERMITS IN VIETNAM:
(III) DISSATISFACTION AT VIETNAMESE FAILURE TO FACILITATE
DEPARTURE OF PEOPLE OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO THE US:
(IV) LONG PROCESSING DELAYS THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAMME, IE,
APPLICANTS CAN WAIT UP TO FIVE YEARS FOR EXIT PERMIT AFTER
RECEIVING US APPROVAL FOR ADMISSION:
(V) NEED TO MAKE ODP AVAILABLE TO VIETNAMESE OUTSIDE HO CHI
MINH CITY:
(VI) NEED FOR MORE RIGOROUS MEDICAL SCREENING OF APPLICANTS:
(VII) SPECIAL US CONCERN FOR AMERASIAN CHILDREN AND FOR THOSE
IN QUOTE RE-EDUCATION UNQUOTE CAMPS.
2. APART FROM SPECIFIC US CONCERN FOR THE AMERASIANS, UK SHARES
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