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FM HONG KONG 260455Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1487 OF 26 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNO 1485 : HUEY FONG.
HKK 243/1
243/1
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29 DEC 1978
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RE
Action Ten
1. BBC WORLD SERVICE, IN REPORTING ON OUR REFUSAL TO ALLOW THE HUEY FONG INTO HONG KONG, HAS NOT BEEN GIVING THE REASON FOR THIS
REFUSAL, 1.E. THAT KAOHSIUNG NOT HONG KONG WAS THE VESSELS' FIRST PORT OF CALL (QUITE APART FROM THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THOSE ABOARD WERE GENUINELY SHIPWRECK SURVIVORS).
2. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ASK THE BBC TO INCLUDE THIS POINT IN THEIR NEWS BULLETIN.
MACLEHOSE
ILES
UND
AK & GD
SEAD
FED
CS
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/MR, LUARD
PS/PUS
MR.WEIR
KR. CORTAZZI
MR. MURRAY
COPIES TO:
MR.C. BIRT HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE, CROYDON
MR.P.BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE IN
LONDON.
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