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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 132 TO ATHENS: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
1. HEAD OF CHANCERY CALLED ON THE RELEVANT DESK OFFICER (THE HEAD OF
DEPARTMNET WAS UNAVAILABLE) ON 21 JUNE AND LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE ALONG THE LINES OF YOUR TELNO 133.
2. DOS SANTOS' ONLY SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT WAS TO ASK WHETHER WE HAD
HAD ANY INDICATION THAT THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES WOULD COOPERATE. HE UNDERTOOK TO PASS A COPY OF OUR SPEAKING NOTE TO THE PRESIDENT'S GABINETE, WHICH HAS DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MACAU.
3. HEAD OF CHANCERY IS CALLING SEPARATELY ON GASPAR, RESPONSIBLE FOR ASIA AFFAIRS IN THE PRESIDENT'S GABINETE, NEXT WEEK.
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MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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