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FM HONG KONG 221115Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1477 OF 22 DECEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE : PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA,
3/1
HKK 243 RELAINED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 29 DEC 1978
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PRIORITY : WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR,
SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, HANOI, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNOS.1473 AND 1474 : HUEY FONG.
1. ON THE BASIS OF LATER INFORMATION WE NOW ESTIMATE THAT THE
HUEY FONG WILL REACH HONG KONG AT ABOUT 0600 HOURS LOCAL
TOMORROW (1.E 2222007).
2. WE HAVE INFORMED THE NONA, TELLING THEM THAT WE EXPECT HER TO
APPROACH ON A NORMAL SEA-LANE FROM THE SOUTH SEMI-COLON AND THAT WE WISHED TO ALERT THEM IN CASE THE SHIP FOLLOWED A DIFFERENT COURSE (E.G TOWARDS THE LEMA ISLANDS, SOUTH OF HONG KONG) OR WAS IN DANGER OF SINKING BEFORE REACHING A TEMPORARY
ANCHORAGE HERE.
3. THE SHIP IS APTLY NAMED: THE CHARACTERS (HUI FENG: 0565,6265)
COULD BE TRANSLATED AS ''TRANSMIT PROSPERITY”.
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NEWS DEPT
SAD EID
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
SIR A DUFF
KR CORTAZZI
MR LURRAY MR LEAHY
REPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION, REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO OTHER POSTS]
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