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FM MANILA 0208002 FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 009 OF 2 FEBRUARY
INFO PRIORITY FCO AND UKMIS GENEVA.
SAVING TO MANO!.
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YOUR TELNO 012 AND TELECON ORR/CAIE: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, 1. BICKLER WAS UNABLE TO REVEAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION BUT HAS SINCE FELT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY NOT BASED ON HARD FACT ALONE BUT ON AN ELEMENT OF PANIC BY THE FILIPINOS AS WELL, SOURCE COULD NOT PROVIDE PROOF, FOR INSTANCE, THAT SHIPS HAD ACTUALLY BEEN LOADED IN HO CHI MINH CITY.
2. SITUATION HERE IS TOTALLY CONFUSING. THERE ARE KNOWN TO BE TWO SHIPS IN THE PALAWAN AREA WITH EITHER 1,300 REFUGEES ON EACH CR 1,000 REFUGEES ON THEM TOGETHER, ONE PRESS REPORT SAID THEY WERE VIETNAMESE VESSELS, ONE BEARING THE NAME **LY LU'', REPORT VENT ON TO SAY THAT VESSELS HAD PUT DOWN¦ 604 REFUGEES AT BOAYAN IN PALAWAN. LATEST INFORMATION IS THAT PHILIPPINE NAVY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO FIND SHIPS AND SUPPLY, IF NECESSARY, BUT TO PREVENT THE REFUGEES FROM LANDING ON FILIPINO SOIL. BICKLER SUSPECTS THAT THESE TWO SHIPS ARE PROBABLY TWO OF THE THRES IN EARLIER REPORT. THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE THIRD IS UNKNOWN.
2. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER REPORT THIS MORNING SAYS THAT A SMALL,