Mr. A. J. J. Sanguinetti
Chambers
727 A Princes Building Hong Kong
Tel: 24163 2.
Dec. 31st '73.
unknown fate awaited him if eveh he was removed to Saigon. I also passed on to him the information I had obtained from Mr. LEUNG and copies of the documents I had obtained, and which have already been mentioned, together with a copy of Amnesty Annual Report 1972/73 with reference to the position in S. Vietnam.
8.
During the course of conversation the Colonial Secretary said it was a difficult situation inasmuch as the Government did not want to create a precedent in the case, and subsequently be faced with the situation that all illegal immigrants from S. Vietnam in the Colony (now over 3,000), and likely to be removed to Saigon, would make representations to the effect that they should not be removed there, as they would face imprisonment. To this I replied that every case should be considered on its own merits, and that if some of these people had valid Visas to a foreign country, it would not in the least affect the Government's policy in the matter; ie., that they should be removed from the Colony, no matter where they go. Finally I asked him to consider Mr. LEUNG's case on its own particular merits.
9.
Without any promise in his part, he told me that he would let me know next week what would be the outcome of the case. The interview
ended at 4:15 p.m.