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DESKBY 090100Z
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 384 OF 8 JUNE
FOR DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SIBONGA
HOME OFFICE HAVE ASKED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE PASSED TO YOU: A. PLEASE ENSURE EX-SIBONGA PASSENGERS ARE READILY IDENTIFIABLE,
E.G. ARMBANDS.
B. EACH PLANE LOAD SHOULD HAVE AN APPOINTED LEADER, PREFERABLY ONE WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH.
C. SINCE THE EX-SIBONGA PASSENGERS WILL BE IN QUARANTINE UNTIL THEY REACH THEIR RECEPTION CENTRE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE TOILETS AT AIRPORT OR ON LAND TRANSPORT. THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE ADVISED TO USE TOILETS ON THE AIRCRAFT.
D. THERE IS STILL SOME DOUBT HERE ABOUT NUMBERS ON FIRST THREE FLIGHTS, PLEASE CONFIRM DESKDY 091200Z FOR BURLEIGH OF HOME OFFICE
THAT THEY ARE:
11 JUNE, BA20,96 12 JUNE, BA20,115
13 JUNE, BA20,89
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HONG KONG GOVT.OFFICE LONDON
MR.WOODFIEL
MR. BURLEIGH
MR. HILLARY MR. BIRT
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