DRAFT
When Mr Ho conducted the home visit you refer to, he did
so as an accredited member of the British Embassy, not as a
Hong Kong civil servant. Since the Embassy has a blanket
approval, the question of specific approval for the visit did
not arise. In any event, the Vietnamese government rely to a
certain extent on foreign Embassies and NGOs and the UNHCR to
provide independent confirmation that returnees are treated
no differently than other Vietnamese residents. It is most
unlikely that they would have objected to the visit.
The Embassy have never received any reports that
anybody interviewed by them or the UNHCR has been subjected
to harassment by the police as a result of a visit. Nor have
there been any substantiated cases of persecution of
returnees by the authorities. Nor have they ever received any
complaint from the Vietnamese government that an enquiry into
possible persecution constituted an unfriendly act.
I do not propose to comment on the contents of the
various affidavits, which are the responsibility of those who
swore them.
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