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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.52
-1 JUL 1974
NKK 14/5
1974
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 19 OF 29 JUNE, INFO TO ROUTINE FCO.
MY TEL NO 18:
REPATRIATED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
CHIEF
A MEMBER OF MY STAFF CALLED YESTERDAY ON GENERAL BINH, OF NATIONAL POLICE, TO FOLLOW UP REPORTS IN THE VERNACULAR PRESS HERE TO THE EFFECT THAT INTERROGATION OF THE 118 HAD LED TO THE NAMING OF THE THREE RINGLEADERS AND THE ARREST OF MANY INVOLVED IN THIS HUMAN SMUGGLING.
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THE REPORTS NAMED ONE RINGLEADER CHEN HSUEN CHIN, TAIWANESE RESIDENT OF SAIGON, AND CLAIM THE OTHER TWO
LIVE IN HONG KONG.
2. BINH PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE TWO ORGANISERS IN HONG KONG, THIS INFORMATION IS IN M.I.F.T. (NOT REPEATED TO FCO).
3. ON THE FUTURE OF THE 118, BINH EXPLAINED THAT THEY WILL ALL APPEAR BRIEFLY BEFORE A MILITARY COURT, WHO WILL PASS ON THE MAJORITY NOT SUBJECT TO ITS JURISDICTION TO A CIVILIAN COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, THE CASE OF TRUONG HONG AND THE DESERTERS (STILL BELIEVED TO NUMBER 11) WILL BE TRIED BY THE MILITARY COURT. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE JUDICIAL POLICE WILL HAVE THEIR EVIDENCE PREPARED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND THE FIRST COURT APPEARANCE WILL THEN TAKE PLACE. DISCUSS MATTERS WITH PRIME MINISTER KHIEM NEXT WEEK.
BINH IS TO
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