HKK 14/5
M Male
PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
LOT
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH VIETNAM
1.
Mr Ben Ford MP wrote to Lord Goronwy-Roberts on 17 June,
asking what action was to be taken concerning the 119 Vietnamese
detained in Hong Kong.
2.
I recommend that Lord Goronwy-Roberts should send a
brief reply referring to the fact that, following assurances
from the South Vietnamese Government that the group would not
be severely punished, all but one of the 119 were returned to
Vietnam on the day that Mr Ford wrote his letter. I submit a
draft accordingly.
25 June 1974
Cc: SEAD
M&VD
7.6. Lomon
RB Crows on
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department
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