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FM HONG KONG

TELNO 1094

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HANOI

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YOUR TELNO 866: VIETNAMESE BORDER

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MDADAN 1977

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1. BUNTEN (INSTEAD OF BRADLEY) LED THE DELEGATION TO ZHANJIANG/BEIHAI/FANG CHENG FROM 19 TO 23 MARCH. THE FIGURE OF 70,000 ODD VIETNAMESE TURNED BACK BY THE CHINESE IS NOT QUITE AS IT MIGHT APPEAR. OF THESE, 40,000 WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN TURNED BACK AT THE LAND BORDER, MOST OF WHOM WERE PROBABLY JUST CROSSING FOR A DAY'S SHOPPING AND HAD NO INTENTION OF COMING TO HONG KONG. ANOTHER 10,000 WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN PUSHED OFF NEAR THE 12 KM INTERNATIONAL SEA BORDER, NO DOUBT ALMOST ALL OF THESE CARRIED ON TO HONG KONG ANYWAY. THE REST, MAINLY THOSE WHO HAD BECOME STRANDED IN CHINA OR WHOSE BOATS HAD BROKEN DOWN, WERE EVENTUALLY PERSUADED TO RETURN TO VIETNAM OF THEIR OWN ACCORD, OR REPATRIATED BY LAND.

2. WE ARE FAXING OVER BUNTEN'S DETAILED REPORT ON THE VISIT WHICH ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION ON REPATRIATION. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS LATER.

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