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TO DESKBY 12030OZ HANOI
TELNO 245
OF 12143OZ JULY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 353: VBP REPATRIATION
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1. WE HOPE THAT YOUR DISCUSSION WITH PHUONG RESULTS IN THE
NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY ON THE VIETNAMESE SIDE AND CONFIRM THAT YOU
SHOULD ADHERE TO THE US DOLLARS 600 CEILING WHEN YOU SEE LUC ON 12 JULY.
2. ON 11 JULY, THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON THE HEAD OF SEAD ON INSTRUCTIONS TO TRY TO UNBLOCK THE DELAY IN AGREEING REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE FOR NON-VOLUNTEERS. COLVIN TOOK THE AMBASSADOR THROUGH THE DETAIL OF YOUR NEGOTIATIONS
IN HANOI ON WHICH HUNG WAS CLEARLY UNSIGHTED. IN DOING SO, COLVIN POINTED OUT THAT THE VIETNAMESE SIDE (LE THO) HAD
ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED THAT ASSISTANCE FOR NON-VOLUNTEERS SHOULD BE LOWER THAN FOR VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE LATTER. NOT ONLY WAS THE FIGURE OF US DOLLARS 719 EXCESSIVE FOR THE REASONS GIVEN IN TUR, IT WOULD ALSO BE PERVERSE TO END UP WITH A HIGHER FIGURE FOR NON-VOLUNTEERS THAN FOR VOLUNTEERS. THIS WAS AN ADDITIONAL REASON TO ERR, IF ANYTHING, ON THE LOW SIDE. WE HOPED THAT A
COMPROMISE COULD BE REACHED QUICKLY. TRAN VAN HUNG TOOK NOTE AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT TO HANOI.
3. HUNG ALSO ASKED (ON INSTRUCTIONS) WHERE WE STOOD ON PASSING
THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT DETAILS OF THE FIRST GROUP OF RETURNEES. WE EXPLAINED THE POSITION AS SET OUT IN HONG KONG
TELNO 2228.
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