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TELEGRAM NUMBER 860 OF 13 NOVEMBER
INFO KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE
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YOUR TELNO 1301: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT AN ARTICLE BY IAN WARD IN THE QUOTE DAILY TELEGRAPH UNQUOTE OF 9 NOVEMBER ALLEGES THAT THE REFUGEES ON THE HI HONG ARE PARTICIPANTS IN QUOTE AN ESCAPE RACKET ORGANISED
FROM HONG KONG UNQUOTE,
2. THE ALLEGATION IS REPEATED IN A FURTHER ARTICLE BY THE SAME
AUTHOR TODAY,
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SEAD
NEWS.D MRMURRAY
MR WEIR
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON