Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH
UNCLASSIFIED
C Sleight Esq
Shipping Policy Division Department of Trade
1 Victoria Street LONDON SW1
Telephone 01-
233 8631
277 5/xi
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Date
9 November 1978
HKK 243/1
RECEIVED HT REVI5134400. 61
10 NOV 1978
DESK OFFICER INDEX
RECOTRY
PA
Aston T
en
RESCUE OF REFUGEES AT SEA
Nola
1. I attach copies of decisions taken recently by the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). They relate to the problem of refugees in Indo-China.
2. The United Kingdom is a member of the UNHCR Executive Committee and supported these decisions. You may care to pass copies of them to the General Council of British Shipping for the information of ships masters.
Cc: (with enclosure)
D H Forward Esq Marine Division Department of Trade
C Birt Esq
Home Office.
SEAD
HK&GD
MVD
MAED
UKMis Geneva
P Morgan
United Nations Department