CONFIDENTIAL
01656
MDAN 1902
REMAINING RETURNEES THEY DID NOT SEE WERE GENUINELY AT SEA. (IT IS, OF COURSE POSSIBLE, THAT THE HAIPHONG AUTHORITIES DID NOT TELL THEM OF THE MISSION AND ASK THEM TO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE).
3. ONE OF THE INTERPRETERS SUPPLIED TO JOURNALISTS COMMENTED TO AN ACCOMPANYING REPORTER THAT THE EMBASSY INTERPRETER WAS QUOTE TO KIND UNQUOTE AND WAS NOT PUTTING ACROSS ENNALS' AND AND RAISON'S POINTS FIRMLY ENOUGH. BUT, AS AN OBSERVIER, CARTER BELIEVES THAT HE WAS THOROUGH, PATIENT AND CONCERNED TO TRANSLATE ACCURATELY AND PRECISELY. HE ALSO MADE HELPFUL COMMENTS IN CONFIDENCE TO ENNALS, RAISON AND CARTER ABOUT THE BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS
ENNALS AND RAISON HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE, THEREFORE, THAT THE EMBASSY INTERPRETER DID NOT DO HIS JOB PROFESSIONALLY AND COMPETENTLY.
4. IF ASKED ABOUT THESE POINTS, ENNALS AND RAISON WOULD PREFER YOU TO CONFINE YOURSELVES TO GENERAL COMMENTS THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE CONDUCT OF THE INTERVIEWS AND ACHIEVED THE COOPERATION OF ALL INVOLVED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR DISCUSSIONS PROVIDED A FULL AND ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE RETURNEES' EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
63
VIETNAMESE REPATRIATION
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
LEGAL ADVISERS
FED
NEWS D
PS
ADDITIONAL
3
DISTRIBUTION
66
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR BLATHERWICK
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BEAMISH
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