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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.52
13 JUN 974
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 154 OF 13 JUNE 1974 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION IMMEDIATE TO HONG KONG,
FOLLOWING FROM HUNT.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 559 TO HONG KONG: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO HONG KONG FROM SOUTH VIETNAM,
1. IN THE AMBASSADOR'S ABSENCE ON TOUR 1 SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED TO HOAN, ASSISTANT FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SENIOR OFFICAL IN THE MFA.
2. HOAN CONFIRMED THE ASSURANCES GIVEN BY THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG, WHO HAD SPOKEN
UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE MFA. HE NATURALLY ASSUMED THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THESE ASSURANCES TO BE FULFILLED AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD BE. HE SAID THAT THE DUE PROCESSES OF THE LAW WOULD BE CARRIED OUT: THESE DID NOT INCLUDE EXECUTION OR TORTURE. THE ONLY PERSONS WHO WOULD INCUR SEVERE PENALTIES WOULD BE THE ORGANISERS OF THE SMUGGLING SYNDICATE,
/3. WHEN
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