CONFIDENTIAL
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AUSTRALIA'S HUMANITARIAN CONCERN FOR THOSE BOAT PEOPLE WHO RISK THE ONWARD VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA IF THEY ARE SHUT OUT BY MALAYSIA IS COLOURED BY WORRIES ABOUT THE HUMAN AND VETINERARY HEALTH HAZARDS PRESENTED BY THEIR ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA.
5# DFA TELL US AUSTRALIA IS NOW PREPARED TO ACCEPT 10,580 REFUGEES (NOT 10,000 AS IN PARA 6 OF YOUR TUR) PURING THE PRESENT FINANCIAL YEAR.
FCO PASS SAVING TO HANOI, HONG KONG, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA..
TEBBIT
FILES UND SEAD
N AM D
HK & GD
EID
FED
MVD
NEWS D
OID
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
PS/MR LUARD
PS/PUS
MIR CORTAZZI
MR WEIR
MR MURRAY MR FIGG
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
COPIES TO
MR BIRT HOME OFFICE
MR D SMITH FAO DEPT ODM
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