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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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