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TO PRIORITY HANOI
TELNO.11 OF 22 FEBRUARY, .
INFO PRIORITY: F.C.0, BANGKOK,
ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
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HKK 243/1
2 3 FEB 1979
No J23.2.
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MY TELNO.10 : CONCLUSION OF SPECIAL FLIGHTS VIETNAM HONG KONG.
TEXT OF DRAFT PRESS RELEASE IS AS FOLLOWS.
1. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ARRANGED A FINAL SPECIAL CHARTER
FLIGHT TO BRING BACK FROM VIETNAM THE REMAINING HONG KONG PEOPLE
AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO LEAVE.
2. ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE SPECIAL FLIGHT, DUE TO ARRIVE ON MARCH 24TH, IS TO BE THE LAST ARRANGED BY THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT ANY FURTHER
SIMILAR FLIGHTS WILL BE NEEDED.
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(NUMBERS TO BE INSERTED) PEOPLE TO BE FLOWN BACK ON MARCH 24TH WILL BRING TO MORE THAN 10,000 THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND DEPENDENTS REPATRIATED SINCE THE CHANGE OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE FORMER SOUTH VIETNAM IN APRIL 1975.
4. ''THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS CHARTERED ALTOGETHER 31 SPECIAL FLIGHTS SINCE DECEMBER 1976 TO CARRY 245 HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND 4,374 DEPENDENTS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE OUT OF HO CHI MINH CITY TO
HONG KONG'', THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
5. IN ADDITION TO THESE NUMBERS, 5,827 PEOPLE HAVE RETURNED ON AIR FRANCE SCHEDULED FLIGHTS FROM HO CHI MINH CITY TO HONG KONG
VIA BANGKOK, HE ADDED,,
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