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TO PRIORITY SAIGON TEL NO 155 OF 30 OCTOBER AND TO HONG KONG NOF OUR TEL NO 153 AND YOUR TEL NO 313 - ILLEGAL EMIGRANTS
1. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAVE NOW WRITTEN AGAIN TO LORD GORONWY-
ROBERTS REPEATING THEIR ALLEGATION THAT THE DEPORTEES WERE BRUTALLY
ASSAULTED ON ARRIVAL IN SAIGON, BUT WITHOUT GIVING ANY VERIFIABLE
EVIDENCE ON THIS POINT.
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2. THEY AGREED THAT ONE OF THE THREE WOMEN HELD IN PRISION IN SAIGON
KWOK PO YEE (ALSO KNOWN AS HUNG TU MUJOT) IS ILL AND IN NEED OF
HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF THE KIND SHE RECEIVED IN HONG KONG, WE SHOULD
BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET US HAVE ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON
THIS WOMAN AND IF HONG KONG WOULD LET US HAVE DETAILS OF HER MEDICAL
CONDITION AND ANY TREATMENT SHE RECEIVED, WHILE SHE WAS I IN THE
COLONY.
3. QUOTE THE TIMES UNQUOTE OF 30 OCTOBER CARRIES A UP REPORT ON THE TRIAL WHICH SAYS THAT PRISON SENTENCES WERE HANDED DOWN TO ALL
BUT TWO OF THE 118. OVER THE TELEPHONE, AMNESTY HAVE ENQUIRED ABOUT
ANY CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE RECEIVED PRISION SENTENCES, HONG KONG
DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION'S MEMO TO ME POLITICAL ADVISER DATED
21 AUGUST INDICATES THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN TWO CHILDREN AMONG
THE GROUP, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY LIGHT YOU CAN SHED ON THIS
AND ALSO FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGO OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
4. AS THERE IS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT NUMBERS, WE SHOULD BE GLAD IF IN
YOUR FINAL REPORT YOU WOULD INCLUDE DETAILS OF EXACTLY HOW MANY
APPEARED IN COURT, AND HOW MANY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNCONDITIONALLY
15. SUBJECT TO YOUR
DISCHARGED.
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