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TO PRIORITY HANOI
TELEGRAM NUMBER 14 OF 5 MARCH
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INFO BANGKOK, F C O, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR U/N TEL OF 28 FEB: SPECIAL FLIGHTS.
1. MAIDEEN'S ADVICE WAS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE MORE THAN ABOUT 160 PASSENGERS READY TO GO BY 24 MARCH SO ONE BOEING 707 WILL
SUFFICE. WE DO NOT WANT THE OPERATION TO DRAG ON FOR ANOTHER SIX
MONTHS BY COMMITTING OURSELVES TO A 33RD FLIGHT. THE STRAGGLERS
MUST THEREFORE MAKE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS, E.G. AIR FRANCE.
2. FOR BANGKOK. DO YOU WANT PHOTOCOPIES OF HONG KONG ENTRY
PERMITS HELD BY STRAGGLERS AFTER 24 MARCH IN CASE OF ENQUIRIES IN
BANGKOK ?
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