GR 100
PRIORITY
EN CLAIR
FM HANOI 200583Z
UNCLASSIFIED
See C
64)
HKK. 243/1
RACEIVED IN ALOISIRY 40. 51 2 4 APR 1978
DESK 0.02
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No
PA
Action Taken
A elci
161
TO PRICRITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 62 OF 20 APRIL 1978.
REPEATED FCO.
1. CONSULAR DEPT OF MFA THIS MORNING INFORMED ME THAT ON 18
JAN A VIETNAMESE VESSEL CARRYING CARGO FROM HO CHI MINH CITY TO
TAY NINH WAS STOPPED BY PIRATES AND ROBBED. OF THE CREW OF
SIX, TWO WERE KILLED THREE CAPTURED AND THE CAPTAIN
IS MISSING.
2. ON 28 MARCH THE MFARECEIVED A LETTER FROM TWO OF THE CREW
WHO SAID THAT THE SHIP HAD TOBE TAKEN TO HONG KONG .
THEY GAVE THEIR ADDRESS AS C/OF HEN GARROCU 4 PC, BOX
145 HONGKONG
3. THE MFA HAVE ASKED US IF THE VESSEL, WHICH HAS REGISTRATION NUMBER GT 1282 (BUT ALSO KNOWN AS SHIP NUMBER GM326) SS HON KONG, AND IF SO, IF YOU WILL RETURN IT
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