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FM HANOI
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 126
OF 31052UZ MARCH 88
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA BANGKOK
Aldo
Y OUR TELNO 83: REFUGEES: VOULUNTARY REPATRIATION
1. I AM OF COURSE CONTENT THAT YOU SHOULD REFER
AT THE ICG TO MY DISCUSSION WITH CO, BUT PLEASE MAKE CLEAR THAT IT TOOK PLACE OVER THE LUNCHTABLE. I WOULD NOT LIKE
IT TO GET BACK TO THE VIETNAMESE WHO MIGHT BECOME LESS
INCLINED TO TALK FREELY ON SOCIAL OCCASIONS. YOU SHOULD BE
AWARE TOO THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE LUNCH CO BLANDLY CLAIMED
(WHEN UNDER SEVERE BUT VAIN PRESSURE FROM THE AUSTRALIAN
A MBASSADOR TO REVEAL HOW MANY REPATRIATION
CASES WERE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE
VIETNAMESE) THAT HE WAS NO LONGER RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUGEES: THESE NOW BEING DEALT WITH BY AN ASSISTANT ́
MINISTER VU KHOAN. THIS WAS TAKEN WITH A PINCH OF SALT ALTHOUGH IT IS TRUE THT CO IS DEEPLY IMMERSED IN THINGS
CAMBODIAN.
2. SYMINGTON WILL BE AT THE MEETING IN OTTAWA. AT THE TIME OF
THE LUNCH HE PROFESSED HIMSELF CONTENT WITH THE VISIT.
I HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO DEBRIEF THE AMBASSADOR FOLLOWING
THE FINAL SESSION. SYMINGTON INCIDENTALLY WAS AT THE FAR
END OF THE TABLE AT LUNCH AND WILL HAVE MISSED MOST OF OUR
DISCUSSION WITH CO.
3. BAZOCHE, UNHCR REP, TELLS ME TODAY THAT ON INSTRUCTIONS, HE IS PUTTING TO THE VIETNAMESE A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL THAT
THEY SHOULD ATTEND A MEETING OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN
4 TO 6 WEEKS TIME. HE THINKS THAT JUDGING FROM THEIR
RESPONSE TO THE IDA OF MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS (FLOATED
BY UNHCR LAST YEAR OR RECENTLY BY HOMAAN-HERIMBERG) THEY ARE
NOT LIKELY TO AGREE.
DAVIES
FCO PSE PASS HONG KONG, UKMISS GENEVA AND BANGKOK
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