CONFIDENTIAL
G
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 281823Z DEC 78
COMM
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1495 OF 28 DECEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE : UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON,
HKK 243/1
(401
LIVED IN RESISTRY NO. 57
DESK INDEX
No
29 DEC 1978
29
C $TRY *ction Taken
2
02
PRIORITY : PEKING, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
5.
INFO SAVING
: HANOI.
1.
4.
2.
397
MY TELNO.1493: 'HUEY FONG': SITREP AT 281000Z.
THE VESSEL IS STILL AT ITS ANCHORAGE, WITH THE MASTER IN COMMAND. THE WEATHER IS FINE AND THE SEA RELATIVELY CALM.
DURING THE DAY DRY RATIONS FOR 2,700 PERSONS FOR ONE DAY AND 8000 LBS OF BREAD WERE LOADED BY HELICOPTER AND 86 TONS OF WATER PIPED ABOARD. THE SHIP'S WATER TANKS ARE NOW FULL.
IN
3. THE HEALTH OF THE REFUGEES IS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY.
RESPONSE TO A REQUEST TO THE MASTER, WHETHER ANY REFUGEES WERE SERIOUSLY ILL AND NEEDING URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION, EIGHT PERSONS WERE REPORTED TO BE SICK AND WILL BE EXAMINED TOMORROW BY A DOCTOR
THEY WILL EITHER BE GIVEN ATTENTION ON THE SPOT AND RETURNED TO THE HUEY FONG, OR SENT TO HOSPITAL.
TWO PATIENTS PREVIOUSLY IN HOSPITAL HAVE NOW RECOVERED AND
BEEN RETURNED TO THE SHIP.
5. THE MASTER HAS NOT COMMUNICATED AGAIN WITH TAIWAN AS HE HAD
BEEN REQUESTED TO DO YESTERDAY (REFTEL PARA.2). HE HAS GIVEN US A MESSAGE FROM HIS TAIWAN AGENTS INFORMING HIM THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN TAIWAN HAVE INFORMED THE HONG KONG GOVERNME VIA THE U.S EMBASSY THAT THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT THE REFUGEES. HOWER WE HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMUNICATION OURSELVES TO THIS EFFECT.
CONFIDENTIAL
/6.THERE HAS