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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.865 OF 26 JUNE,
INFO PRIORITY: TOKYO,
ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
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YOUR TELNO.441 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON JAPANESE SHIPS.
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1. IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH REFUGEE ARRIVALS OUTNUMBERING
DEPARTURES BY 12 TO 1, WE CAN GIVE NO UNDERTAKINGS CONCERNING
OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WHICH BRING REFUGEES TO HONG KONG.
2. IN EXPLAINING THIS TO THE JAPANESE, WE SUGGEST YOU POINT OUT THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HONG KONG TO TREAT SHIPS REGISTERED
IN JAPAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM ONES REGISTERED IN THE U.K, SUCH
AS THE 'SIBONGA'.
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SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR. CORTAZZI MR. LEAHY
MR.MURRAY
MR.STRATTON
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVT.OFFICE LONDON
MR.WOODFIELD)
MR.BURLEIGH
MR. HILLARY MR.BIRT
MR.V.MCGEE
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