TNAG-1791-FCO40-2551-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 27

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MDHIAN 6712

CLAIM TO

VIETNAM, HAD APPLIED TO EMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE ODP. THEP WONDERED HOW MANY MORE HUNDRES OF THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE WOULD LIKE TO EMIGRATE IF ONLY THEY HAD SOME RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS. THAILAND SIMPLY COULD NOT GO ON ACCEPTING REFUGEES INDEFINITELY.

5.

THEP INDICATED THAT PERMANENT SECRETARY KASEM WOULD PROBABLY WISH TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES WITH THE PUS ON MONDAY.

ΤΟΝΚΙΝ

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DISTRIBUTION

35

ΜΑΙΝ

35

LIMITED

SEAD

HKD

NAD

PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

PS/PUS

MR GILLMORE MR MCLAREN MR FEARN

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