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GRPS 165
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ESKBY 2403302
FM HONG KONG 240235Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE BRUNEI
243/1
HKK 243
RECEIVES IN RIGATRY 10. 51 29 DEC 1978
INDEX
377
RY Action TA on
TELNO.32 CF 24 DECEMBER,
No
INFO PRIORITY: F.C.O. KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, MANILA
JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA.
INFO SAVING : HANOI, BANGKOK.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD INFORM US BY IMMEDIATE DESKBY TELEGRAM
OF ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE.
2. AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD FROM THE MEDIA WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM
IN HONG KONG AT PRESENT WITH THE PANAMANIAN REGISTERED TAIWAN OWNED VESSEL ''HUEY FONG'' OF 4,800 TONS WITH 2,700 VIETNAMESE ON BOARD. (FCO SEE ALSO OUR TELNO.1482).
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3. WE SHOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE TONG AN'S SCHEDULED FIRST PORT OF CALL, WHERE SHE IS NOW HEADED AND WHETHER ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE BY THE MASTER.
4. WE SHOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE TOW
OPERATION AND WHETHER IT WAS UNDERTAKEN WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF
THE MASTER OF THE VESSEL.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI AND BANGKOK
MACLEHOSE
FILES
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
SEAD
MVD
KK & GD
PS
FED
SAD
UND
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY MR LEAHY
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