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TELEGRAM NUMBER 136 OF 28 AUGUST
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INFO HONG KONG WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA UKMIS NEW YORK
MY TELEGRAM NO 120: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. THE PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TELEPHONED MURRAY ON 24 AUGUST
WITH INFORMATION HE HAD SECURED FROM LISBON
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2. THE PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES HAD CONSULTED MACAU AND WERE
SATISFIED THAT THE DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORT WAS NOT ACCURATE
THE REFUGEE BOATS HAD CALLED AT MACAU FOR FUELLING BUT IT WAS
THE IR OWN DECISION TO CONTINUS TO HONG KONG AND THEY HAD HAD
MORE THAN A DAY BEFORE THE TYPHOON HIT THE AREA. IN FACT THEY
REACHED HONG KONG SAFELY AND OTHER REFUGEE BOATS ARRIVED EVEN LATER
WHEN THE WIND WAS STILL FEEBLE. THE PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES
HAD TALKED TO UNHCR WHO HAD RECOGNISED THAT THEY HAD
BEHAVED WITH THE IR USUAL SCRUPULOUS CARE FOR PERSONAL SAFETY AND.
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