US embassy cable - 04ROME1640

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Identifier:	04ROME1640
Wikileaks:	View 04ROME1640 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Rome
Created:	2004-04-26 15:38:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL VM CB IT
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001640 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/26/2014 
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, PREF, PREL, VM, CB, IT 
SUBJECT: ITALY: WAIT AND SEE ON VIETNAM HIGHLANDS/REFUGEES 
 
REF: A. STATE 86031 
 
B. ROME 01509 
C. STATE 82712 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: POL M/C TOM COUNTRYMAN FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 
 
1. (C) MARCO DELLA SETA, MFA SOUTH EAST ASIA OFFICE DIRECTOR 
STATED THAT ITALY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM AND 
HAS DEMARCHED BOTH THE VIETNAMESE AMBASSADOR TO ITALY AND THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA (REF B). HE ADDED THAT THE VIETNAMESE 
GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGED TWO CASUALTIES IN THE APRIL 10-11 
CONFLICT, REPORTED THAT THE REGION WAS CALM AND IS 
CONSIDERING OPENING THE AREA TO FOREIGN VISITORS IN MAY. 
 
2. (C) DELLA SETA AGREED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PRESSURE FROM 
THE VIETNAMESE ON THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT 
REFUGEES FROM CROSSING THE BORDER BUT HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT 
THE CAMBODIANS MAY NOT WANT TO WELCOME REFUGEES DUE TO THE 
ECONOMIC BURDEN THEY REPRESENT. ITALY IS KEEPING TRACK OF 
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION BUT IS NOT READY TO TAKE ANY 
FURTHER ACTION UNTIL MORE INFORMATION IS KNOWN. HE STATED 
THAT ALL ACTION TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN BILATERAL AND THAT 
ALTHOUGH THE EU MAY CONSIDER REQUESTING A VISIT TO THE 
REGION, NO FORMAL DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HELD AT THE EU LEVEL. 
 
VISIT ROME'S CLASSIFIED WEBSITE: 
HTTP://WWW.STATE.SGOV.GOV/P/EUR/ROME/INDEX.CF M 
 
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2004ROME01640 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL