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AS II'S AND WOULD HAVE NO AUTOMATIC RIGHT TO RESETTLEMENT IN RETURN I OFFERED TO INCLUDE A GUARDED REFERENCE TO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WERE PREPARED TO ACCEPT ONLY THE LATTER AND I THEREFORE INSISTED THAT NEITHER REFERENCE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE AGREED VERSION OF THE PRESS STATEMNT IS IN OUR
TELNO 284.
13. THE TALKS CONCLUDED WITH A COURTESY MEETING WITH ACTING
FOREIGN MINISTER LIEM WHO TOOK A MORE NEGATIVE LINE THAN KHOAN AND REFERRED REPEATEDLY TO THE NEED FOR RETURNS TO BE ON A VOLUNTARY
BASIS. HOWEVER LATER OVER DINNER KHOAN AND HIS COLLEAGUES SEEMED
TO BE MAKING AN EFFORT TO DISPEL THE NEGATIVE IMPRESSION GIVEN BY
THE DISCUSSION ON THE COMMUNIQUE AND LIEM'S REMARKS.
PARTRIDGE
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
123
.VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
WED
SED
PUSD
ECD (I)
E CD (E)
DISTRIBUTION
126
ADDITIONAL
MRS WYETH ODA
3
MR FLESHER B1 DIV HO LUNAR HSE
NNNN
SPD
FED
NEWS
PS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR SLATER
MR MCLAREN
HKGO LONDON
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