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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 26 OF 18 JULY
1974,
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION PRIORITY TO FCO.
MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 25: REPATRIATED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
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ACCORDING TO AFP THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN, BUI BAO TRUC, MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AT HIS DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE THIS
MORNING: ''THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM HAS NEVER
UNDERTAKEN TO THE AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG THAT THE 118 PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE PUNISHED IF IT WERE ESTABLISHED THAT THEY HAD INFRINGED THE LAWS IN FORCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN PROMISED THAT THEY WILL BE TRIED PUBLICLY AND THAT
NO SPECIAL SANCTION WILL BE APPLIED TO THEM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE GVN IS THE ORGANISERS OF THIS HUMAN CONTRABAND'',
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