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INFO HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA PANAMA
OUR TELNO 700 OF 23 OCTOBER:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: MARIT100INNER:
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1. UNFORTUNATELY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HAVE NOW HAD SECOND
THOUGHTS ABOUT ALLOWING THE MARITIME WINNER'' CASE TO ESTABLISH
A PRECEDENT. THE MFA TOLD US TODAY THAT THEY HAD BEEN ASKED BY THE
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE TO SAY THAT THE DECISION TO ADMIT THE MARITIME
WINNER'' REFUGEES WITHOUT A GUARANTEE WAS STRICTLY AN ACT OF
RECIPROCITY IN RETURN FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO
PERMIT THE LANDING OF SEVENTY-TWO REFUGEES FROM THE JAPANESE TUG **JINKO MARU 23 LAST OCTOBER (HONG KONG TELNO 51 TO TOKYUQOF 14 OCTOBER 1977) AND SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS A PRECEDENT.
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