GR 239
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT A
FM HONG KONG 120510Z
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CONFIDENTIAL,
нак 2+3/332/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
17 OCT 1977
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REGISTRY Action Taken
امر کورت
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136
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1019 OF 12 OCTOBER 1977
INFO IMMEDIATE SINGAPORE ROUTINE KIJALA LUMPUR, UKMIS GENEVA,
WASHINGTON.
SINGAPORE TELNO 29: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON 'SINKIANG''.
WE KNOW NOTHING HERE ABOUT THE STRATHAPPIN CASE.
THE GUARANTEE SOUGHT NOW BY SINGAPORE IN RESPECT OF THE
''SINKI ANG' IS SIMILAR TO THAT REQUESTED BY JAPAN IN THE CASE
OF THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN'', WHICH YOU RESISTED, IT SEEMS WITH
CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS.
THE ''SINKIANG'' IS TECHNICALLY A BRITISH VESSEL, SINCE HONG KONG
DOES NOT HAVE A SEPARATE SHIPPING REGISTER, IF THEREFORE A
GUARANTEE IS GIVEN ON FLAG GROUNDS IT SHOULD PRESUMABLY COME FROM
HM G. WE WOULD DO WHAT WE COULD TO ASSIST THE REFUGEES BUT IT
WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO OFFER PERMANENT HOMES IN HONG KONG
IF THEY HAVE NO CONNECTIONS HERE.
HOWEVER, WE HOPE THAT AN EFFORT CAN BE MADE TO GET SINGAPORE TO FALL IN LINE, EVEN IF IN SECRET ONLY, WITH THE PRECEDENTS WHICH
HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN OTHER CASES, ESPECIALLY THE ''COLDEN
DOLPHIN''. THE REASONS FOR DOING SO WERE SET OUT AT LENGTH IN
YOUR TELNO 472 OF 16 SEPTEMBER TO TOKYO (NOT TO SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR AND WASHINGTON) AND CARRY PARTICULAR FORCE FROM OUR
STANDPOINT.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
SEAD
IK&GD
UN DEPT
MVD
NAD
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS PS/PUS
MR MURRAY
a) have the points in tel472
ever been tried out on the
Scre
- Sing pricans? ESCADA reliedronce fased on experience
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