233-8631
liss Honey Rice-Jones
tdin Conference of British aynigations for Aid to Refugees International Development Centre
anell House
UIC 243/508/1
11 January 1977
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urther to my interim reply of 10 January to your lotter of 20 December about the "boat people", I can now tell you th I have received assuranter from the various Lepartiente condime that no reports have been received of British shing refurinn: enristance to Vietnamese refuggen sho au cibler drevriur o? me aboard boats in amper of sinking. In fact home! riti h ships heve, ns you know, recently on out of their way to apl
ach refugees in need of nusistence,
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hower or,
should you or any of our cortuoti al to provide me with information which could cl.arl to the rumours you have hoard, then I can ascuro yeu thb t!.
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the mail ouncil of British hit in will be propered to carry out thova tgh investir tion.
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United-tions