CONFIDENTIAL
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 67
OF 19013OZ JULY 89
AND TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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YOUR 2395 OF 17 JULY: VBP: REPATRIATION MONITORING
BASED ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE VOLUNTEERS PROCEDURE TO BE
FOLLOWED SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS:-
1.
2.
WHEN AIRCRAFT LANDS, RETURNING BOAT PEOPLE WILL GO THROUGH NORMAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS FORMALITIES AND RECEIVE A LECTURE
FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. THEY WILL THEN BE BUSSED TO NEARBY
TRANSIT CENTRE WHERE THEY WILL STAY FOR A FEW DAYS OF MEDICAL
CHECKS AND OTHER FORMALITIES BEFORE BEING SENT BACK HOME. VIETNAMESE MIGHT OF COURSE CHANGE THIS AND IN PARTICULAR MIGHT MOVE THEM MORE QUICKLY AWAY FROM TRANSIT CENTRE TO LIMIT PRESS
ACCESS. I SHALL INVESTIGATE THIS ONCE WE GO FIRM ON A DATE.
3=
FROM NOW UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER THE STAFF THAT I SHALL BE ABLE TO DEVOTE TO MONITORING WILL BE FIRST AND FOREMOST MYSELF BACKED UP TO A MUCH LESSER EXTENT AND IF NECESSARY BY
LOUISE FOXWELL, THE AO. WHEN HMA RETURNS FROM LEAVE IN SEPTEMBER I AM DUE TO LEAVE POST FOR GOOD.
4.
FOR EACH OF THE FIRST FEW FLIGHTS I ENVISAGE BEING PRESENT
AT THE AIRPORT ON THE DAY OF EACH ARRIVAL AND THEN PAYING AT LEAST
ONE SEPERATE VISIT TO THE TRANSIT CENTRE. FOLLOWING THIS I SHALL
VISIT THEIR HOME PROVINCES (PRINCIPALLY HAI PHONG AND QUANG NINH).
FOR THE FIRST FEW BATCHES OR AT LEAST FOR AS LONG AS WE DEEM
NECESSARY I INTEND TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE FOR EACH ONE. HOWEVER WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS UP FOR LONG.
5. I SPEAK VIETNAMESE TO A STANDARD SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
INTERMEDIATE. IN TALKING TO RETURNEES I SHALL THEREFORE NOT BE
TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON INTERPRETERS.
PARTRIDGE
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