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WERE NOW, QUITE UNDERSTANDABLY, TRYING TO SAY THE SORT OF THING THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BENEFIT THEM THE MOST.
5. I INDICATED TO CHAN THAT I WISHED TO VISIT THE RETURNEES IN THE NEXT WEEK, I HAVE IN FACT ASKED TO VISIT HAIPHONG ON 24 OR 28 DECEMBER.
6. ON AID, CHAN SAID THAT THE VIETNAMESE SIDE WERE GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO WHAT I HAD SAID. WHEN I PRODDED, HE ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN ON THEIR SIDE THAT THEY MIGHT BE ACCUSED OF DOING A DEAL. I SAID THAT INEVITABLY THERE WOULD BE COMMENT OF THAT SORT. THE VIETNAMESE SHOULD FEEL ABLE TO IGNORE THAT AND LOOK TO THEIR LONGER AND WIDER INTERESTS. HE AGREED.
7. I DID NOT RAISE THE SUBJECT OF THACH'S INTERVIEW WITH CHAN. I ASSUME THAT IT IS THE ONE HE GAVE TO JACK THOMPSON OF THE BBC WHO PROMISED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH ME AFTER IT BUT SEEMS TOEAVE GONE TO EARTH. I THINK THAT WHAT THACH HAD TO SAY WAS NO MORE THAN AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HIS LEFT FLANK. HE DID IN FACT APPARENTLY DO NO MORE THAN SPELL OUT THE LOGIC OF THE VIETNAMESE POSITION: IT HAS BEEN IMPLICIT IN EVERYTHING THEY HAVE ALWAYS SAID.
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