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HMLNAN 2831 CONFIDENTIAL TT HANOI

TT LETTIS

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FIT HOKON TO HANOI

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 8 OCT 1986

INFO TELELETTER UKMIS GENEVA, FCO

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K.J. WOODHOUSE ESQ., SECURITY BRANCH, HONG KONG

FOLLOWING FOR: M.J.H. WOOD ESQ., HANOI CORIED TO:

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MISS D.WALKER, UKMIS GENEVA NR. CLINTON LEEKS.HKDFCO

ST NASH ESQ., SAD., FCO

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HANOI TELELETTER OF 10 JULY AND HANOI TELNO 191: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON OUR TELNO 1970 TO FCO WHICH AWAITED MY RETURN FROM LEAVE. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS SINCE THEY GIVE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE. ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT NECESSARILY BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE ARE TOLD BY THE REFUGEES ARRIVING FROM VIETNAM, THEY ARE OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION. YOUR VIEWS ON THEIR STORIES ARE OF CONSIDERABLE HELP. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

2. AS REGARDS TAXATION, WE ARE GRETEFUL FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION OF THE EXACT POSITION. YOU WILL APPRECIATE, HOWEVER, THAT THOSE ON THE RECEIVING END DESCRIBE IT AS A TAX. YOU DID NOT COMMENT ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE REFUGEES CANNOT PROVIDE A COOPERATIVE WITH THE AGREED AMOUNT OF PRODUCE. WE ARE TOLD THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY IS THEN CONFISCATED. IS THIS CORRECT?

3. LIKE YOU, WE ARE SURPRISED THAT WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN ATTEMPT BY THE VIETNAMESE TO TIGHTEN CONTROL IS, IN FACT, RESULTING IN MORE BOATS LEAVING. CERTAINLY THE AVERAGE OCCUPANCY OF BUAT IS SMALLER THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS (20.5 COMPARED TO 29.3 IN 1982, 24.5 IN 1983, 26.5 IN 1984 AND 21.4 IN 1985) SO MAYBE BOATS ARE GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO COME BY.