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TO IMMEDIATE HANOI
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OF 06170OZ JULY 89
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, BANGKOK
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YOUR TELNO 341: VBP REPATRIATION: MONITORING
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WE FULLY APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF EFFECTIVE MONITORING BY THE EMBASSY PARTICULARLY AS THE NUMBER OF RETURNEES GROWS AND THEY BECOME MORE WIDELY DISPERSED. BUT WE CANNOT MAKE CLAIMS TO MONITOR WHICH CANNOT BE SUBSTANTIATED AND WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO LEAVE OURSELVES OPEN TO MEDIA AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HOLD THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT TO THEIR GUARANTEES ON THE TREATMENT OF REPATRIATES. FOR THE TIME BEING THEREFORE AND IN RELATION TO THE FIRST BATCH OF TWENTY SIX RETURNEES MONITORING MUST BE REGARDED AS A PRIORITY TASK FOR THE EMBASSY.
2. IF THE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME BUILDS UP AS WE HOPE AND HOCKE CONTINUES TO DENY UNHCR COOPERATION, WE RECOGNISE THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN THAT THIS WILL PLACE ON YOUR SLENDER STAFF RESOURCES. WE SHALL DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS WITH MR DAVIES DURING HIS MID TOUR
LEAVE AND WILL CONSIDER THEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FORTHCOMING
INSPECTION.
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