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FM HONG KONG 081125Z FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TEL 0.234 OF 8 FEBRUARY,
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INFO IMMEDIATE : UKMIS GENEVA, MANILA,
PRIORITY : WASHINGTON, PEKING, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
JAKARTA, OTTAWA, PARIS, CANBERRA, BONN, VIENTIANE, UKMIS NEW YORK, MODUK, H.K.GOVT OFFICE LONDON,
INFO SAVING
: HANOI.
1,
REFUGEE SHIPS: 'SKYLUCK'.
THE VESSEL REMAINS UNDER POLICE CONTROL OFF LAMMA ISLAND.
OLY FOUR PEOPLE HAD TO BE HOSPITALISED YESTERDAY AND TWO TODAY. A START HAS BEEN MADE TO COUNT HEADS AND TO OBTAIN FAMILY PARTICULARS. THE MASTER'S COUNT IS 2,730 REFUGEES.
2.
IT NOW SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE SKYLUCK' IS THE SAME SHIP, REPORTED AS THE 'KY LU', WHICH ON 1 FEBRUARY DEPOSITED 606 REFUGEES
ON PALAWAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. AN INSPECTION OF THE SHIP'S NAME
INDICATED THAT SOME LETTERS MAY HAVE BEEN OBSCURED AND RE-PAINTED.
F C O PSE PASS SAVING HANO1.
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