TNAG-1905-FCO40-2709-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-voluntary-and-mandatory-repat-1989 — Page 292

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TO DESKBY 11090OZ HANOI

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INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA

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111623 MDHIAN 2758

OUR TELNO 2228 TO FCO AND OUR TELNO MISC 447-473 (TO HANOI ONLY) :

VBP REPATRIATION

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1 DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE 26 PROSPECTIVE RETURNEES REQUIRED BY THE VIETNAMESE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU BY TELEGRAMS COUR TELNO MISC 447-473). THE ORIGINAL FORMS INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS WILL LEAVE HONG

KONG BY BAG FOR BANGKOK ON 13 JULY. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD MAKE THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS WITH BANGKOK TO TAKE DELIVERY OF THE DOCUMENTS, AND CONFIRM AS SOON AS THEY ARE RECEIVED.

FOR BANGKOK

2. THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 ABOVE ARE ADDRESSED TO

HANOI EMBASSY AND WILL ARRIVE BANGKOK BY BAG ON 13 JULY. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THEY SHOULD REACH HANOI BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK.

WE SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ENSURING DELIVERY.

3. THERE ARE FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THE SIZE OF THE GROUP

TO BE RETURNED. A FAMILY GROUP CONSISTING OF THE MOTHER TRUONG THI LOAN COUR MISC TELNO 472) AND HER DAUGHTER TRAN THI HUYEN (OUR MISC TELNO 473) WILL NOT BE DEPARTING WITH THE FIRST GROUP BECAUSE THE HUSBAND AND A YOUNG SON ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN MAY, AND HAVE YET TO BE SCREENED. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO

RETURN MADAM TRUONG AND HER DAUGHTER UNTIL THE STATUS OF HER HUSBAND

HAS BEEN DETERMINED.

4. THE FAMILY HEADED BY DINH VIET KHIT (OUR TELNO 457-461) NOW HAS AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER, AN INFANT (BOY) BY THE NAME OF DINH VIET HIEN (OUR REFERENCE 4/13A/88) BORN ON 2 FEBRUARY 1989.

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5. IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT TWO YOUNG LADIES, PHAN THI MINH TAM (OUR TELNO MISC 469) AND LE THI NGA COUR TELNO MISC 456) WILL RESIST REPATRIATION. WE ARE THEREFORE OMITTING THEM FROM THE GROUP.

6. THE SIZE OF THIS GROUP HAS THEREFORE BEEN REDUCED TO 23(INCLUDING

THE PREVIOUSLY UNCOUNTED BABY).

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