with HKK 243/1
DRAFT LETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S SIGNATURE
The Lord Inverforth
Bank Line Ltd
Baltic Exchange Buildings
21 Bury Street
London EC3A SAU
Thank you for your letter of 6 June. I am of course conscious
of the frustrations facing your Company and the Master and
crew of the ROACHBANK. However, as you know from your
experience in the region, we are faced with considerable
difficulty in communicating with Taiwanese officials to
persuade them to give temporary asylum to the refugees on
the ROACHBANK.
I can assure you that we are making every endeavour to persuade
the Taiwanese to accept their responsibilities and allow the
refugees to land. As you know there is some indication that
they may be prepared to do this.