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NEVERTHELESS WE HOPED THAT THESE WOULD BE AS SWIFT AS POSSIBLE. HE

NOTED THE CHINESE DID NOT THINK A VISIT BY HKG OFFICIALS TO NANNING WAS NECESSARY. WE HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL BOTH TO SPEED UP CO-OPERATION IN REPATRIATING THEM AND TO OBSERVE WHAT PROBLEMS THE

GUANGXI AUTHORITIES WERE FACING ON THE GROUND. FINALLY HE TOOK NOTE

OF THE LAST PARAGRAPH. NATURALLY WE UNDERSTOOD ACTIONS TAKEN BECAUSE

OF SUCH CONSIDERATIONS. HONG KONG HAD NEVER ENCOURAGED THE

VIETNAMESE TO COME HERE. WE HAD TAKEN THEM IN AND GIVEN THEM

FIRST ASYLUM FOR PRECISELY THE SAME SORT OF HUMANITARIAN REASONS AS

WERE QUOTED IN THE CHINESE NOTE. HE HOPED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE

FULLY APPRECIATED THAT.

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