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TO PRIORITY BRUNEI TELNO 9 OF 28 JUNE
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29 JUN 1977
NKK243/388/1
ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK AND UKMIS GENEVA.
FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
VIETNAMESE SMALL BOAT REFUGEES.
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FCO TELNO 174 TO KUALA LUMPUR OF 27TH JUNE.
NEX REF.
LAST
OUR POLICY HAS BEEN TO ACCEPT VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM ANY VESSEL WHICH HAS HONG KONG AS ITS NEXT PORT OF CALL AFTER PICKING UP THE REFUGEES ON RECEIPT OF ASSURANCES FROM UNHCR REGARDING THEIR SUPPORT HERE AND RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
2. IN THE CASE OF THE YUVALIA HONG KONG WAS NOT THE NEXT PORT OF CALL AND SO THE COMPANY'S ATTEMPTS TO OFF-LOAD THE REFUGEES HERE WERE REFUSED. THE SHIP THEN PROCEEDED ON COURSE TO TAIWAN WHERE AFTER UNHCR INTERVENTION THE REFUGEES WERE EVENTUALLY LANDED IN TRANSIT EN ROUTE BY AIR TO ISRAEL.
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