GPS 436
ONFIDENTIAL
FM LKUNET 27033OZ DEC 78
TO AMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 286 OF 27 DECEMBER
CONFIDENTIAL
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG FOR GOVERNOR) MANILA BANGKOK
UKMIS GENEVA PRIORITY WASHINGTON ROUTINE SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR
AND PEXING
390
YOUR TELNO 972 TO HONG KONG
HUEY FONG AND TUNG AN
HKK 243/1
391
RELIVED IN REGISTRY HO. 51
29 DFC 1978
ction
*AY
No W. Q2
24
1. I HAVE LITTLE TO ADD TO MY TELS NO 285 TO YOU AND 17 AND 18 TO HONG KONG. ANSWERS TO YOUR B-0 ARE:
6. TUNG AN. DOCTORS WHO EXAMINED THOSE VISHING TREATMENT REPORTED
THEY HAD MINOR AILMENTS ONLY AND BORE NO REAL SIGNS OF HARDSHIP. OTHER OBSERVERS CONTRASTED APPARENTLY COMFORTABLE STATE OF TUNG
AN PASSENGERS DESPITE CROWDING WITH STATE OF THOSE LANDED EARLIER FROM ALTANIN AND GADINIA. TUNG AN WAS NOT HOWEVER BOARDED SO THERE ARE NO EYE WITNESSES OF CONDITIONS BELOW DECKS. FOR DETAILS OF FOOD
AND WATER SUPPLIED SER MY TELNO 18. FUEL AND WATER TANKS WERE
FILLED TO CAPACITY IN BRUNEI,
#
C. CAPTAIN OF TUNG AN) SAID HE WAS ON PASSAGE FROM BANGKOK TO HONG KONG WITH CARGO OF PEAS AND CHICKEN FOOD AND HAD COME ACROSS
REFUGEES IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF DISTRESS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. HE GAVE NO OTHER DETAILS OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF RESCUE, EG NUMBER OF
BOATS FOUND, BRITISH OFFICERS INVOLVED HERE HOWEVER HAD IMPRESSION (FROM APPARENT CONDITION OF PASSENGERS, PRESENCE OF PLENTY OF LUGGAGE ETC) THAT PASSENGERS HAD BEEN PICKED UP IN VIETNAM PORT. D. THERE IS NO INFORMATION HERE ON MOVEMENT OF TUNG AN SINCE HY TELNO 18. AFTER TUNG AN'S DEPARTURE BRUNEI PATROL DID HOWEVER
INTERCEPT TRANSMISSION FROM CAPTAIN TO WAN FOOK SHIPPING CO
TÙNG XÔNG.
FCO PASS ALL EXCEPT KUALA LUMPUR AND SINGAPORE.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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UND
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OID
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