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TO PRIORITY CANBERRA TELNO 610 OF 2 AUGUST 1974, AND TO HONG KONG INFO SAIGON
SAIGON TELNO 200 AND CANBERRA TELNO 702: HONG KONG ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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1. AUSTRALIAN APOLOGIES FOR LEAKAGE OF TELEGRAM HAVE ALSO ALREADY BEEN PRESENTED HERE BY EDWARDS OF AUSTRALIA HOUSE, NOWEVER, WE AGREE THAT CANBERRA SHOULD ACT AS PROPOSED IN PARA 3 OF THEIR TELNO 702. WE ARE INFORMING EDWARDS,
2. (CANBERRA'S PARA 5). THERE WAS NO ADVANCE EXCHANGE BETWEEN AUSTRALIAN AND UK GOVERNMENTS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE GROUP'S REPATRIATION, AND HONG KONG HAVE NOW CONFIRMED (THEIR
TELNO 22 TO CANBERRA) THAT THERE WERE NO EXCHANGES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND HONG KONG,
3. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON 10 JUNE MR MARTIN ENNALS, SECRETARY- GENERAL OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, TOLD SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE (WHO WAS IN LONDON) THAT AMNESTY'S AUSTRALIAN SECTION HAD MADE CONTACT ON THE GROUP'S BEHALF WITH DR CAIRNS, THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THAT THE AUSTRALI AN GOVERNMENT OFFERED ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA TO ANY OF THE VIETNAMESE.
CALLAGHAN.
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