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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 186 OF 9 JULY 1974 REPEATED FOR IMFORMATION IMMEDIATE TO HONG KONG.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 639 TO HONG KONG: PQ ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM.
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NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED REPLY PROVIDED THAT
THE SPECIAL CASE OF TRUONG HONG IS BORNE IN MIND (ASSURANCES TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WERE OF COURSE GIVEN BEFORE HIS IDENTITY WAS KNOWN) AND
(B) THE PHRASE INNOCENT VICTIMS'' IS NOT ALLOWED TO CREATE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PUNISHMENT AT ALL FOR VIOLATION OF THE EMIGRATION LAWS (THOUGH SOME E.G, WOMEN AND CHILDREN MAY IN FACT ESCAPE PUNISHMENT).
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