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AGENTS TO REMOVE VU BUT WE HAVE NO POWER TO INSIST ON HIS REMOVAL ON

BOARD THE NORTHLAND. WE ANTICIPATED THAT THE AGENTS WOULD CONTACT

THE UNHCR WHO HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO INTERVENE. WE THEREFORE MADE IT

CLEAR THAT THE UNHCR COULD SEE VU ONLY AS A STOWAWAY AND ONLY TO

HELP THE AGENTS EFFECT HIS DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG. THE UNHCR AND

THE AGENTS INTERVIEWED VU LAST NIGHT.

5. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNHCR HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE

AMERICANS AND SWEDES. THE AMERICANS RESENT THE FACT THAT THE UNHCR

NS PASSING VU OFF AS A SHIP RESCUE CASE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO HAVE

ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM. WE SUSPECT THAT THE SWEDES WILL BE

MORE AMENABLE. WE DO NOT (NOT) INTEND TO MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT

EITHER FOR THE UNHCR OR FOR VU. BUT WE WILL INSIST THAT WHILE HE

MS ***N HONG KONG, VU S TREATED AS A STOWAWAY, NOT (NOT) AS A REFUGEE.

6. IF THE UNHCR MANAGES TO ARRANGE HIS DEPARTURE THEN VU WILL BE

TRANSPORTED FROM THE NORTHLAND DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT. HE WILL NOT

(NOT) BE ALLOWED TO LAND IN HONG KONG.

7. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU AND THE UNHCR WOULD MAKE IT CLEAR

THAT VU THEN CUONG 4S A STOWAWAY. HE IS NOT (NOT) A REFUGEE. NOR

ARE WE TREATING HIM AS A SHIP RESCUE CASE. WE DO NOT (NOT)

CONSIDER HIM TO BE A DISEPO OR RASRO CASE, ALTHOUGH FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES UNHCR MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO PASS HIM OFF AS SUCH. WE FIND THIS MISREPRESENTATION DEPLORABLE, BUT WE DO NOT HINTEND TO

RAISE DIFFICULTIES. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US CLOSELY INFORMED

OF DEVELOPMENTS.

YOUDE

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