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FM HONG KONG 221045Z JAN 79
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 151 OF 22 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON.
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INFO PRIORITY CANBERRA, MANILA, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
HUEY FONG: SITREP AS AT 221983Z.
1. PROCESSING OF PASSENGERS CONTINUED TODAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
BY 1800 HOURS (LOCAL) 1165 PASSENGERS HAD BEEN TAKEN ASHORE TO
KAI TAK.
2. THERE ARE NOW 2589 PASSENGERS IN THE CAMP INCLUDING 5 WHO WERE DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL TODAY.
3. ONLY 9 PASSENGERS WHO WERE PROCESSED TODAY NEEDED MEDICAL
ATTENTION AND TWO WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. 6 OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD WERE ALSO GIVEN TREATMENT AND ONE OF THESE WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL. ALL THE PASSENGERS ON THE SHIP AND THOSE IN THE CAMP CONTINUE TO BE VERY COOPERATIVE.
4. THE POLITICAL ADVISER SPOKE TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 18
COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN MY TELNO 141. WE SHALL BE REPORTING
THIS MEETING SEPARATELY.
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