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FM HONG KONG 180432Z AUG 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH'GRELSE
TELNO.1179 OF 18 AUGUST,
PRIORITY : UKMIS GENEVA
INFO IMMEDIATE: THE HAGUE,
ROUTINE : WASHINGTON, HONG KONG COVT OFFICE LONDON,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : M.V. 'SEROOSKERK'.
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1. WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CABLE FROM THE DUTCH SHIRLS4
M.V.SEROOSKERK:
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''PICKED UP 60 VIETNAMESE WILL CONTACT YOU BEFORE
ENTERING. ETA 0600 HRS 20TH AUGUSTT 1979''
WE HAVE ASKED THE MASTER FOR HIS PRACISE LOCATION WHEN HE PICKED UP THE REFUGEES BUT THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR
SOME HOURS.
2.
ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL AGENTS NEDLLOYD HONG KONG IS THE
FIRST PORT OF CALL.
3.
WE WISH TO RESPECT THE FIRST PORT OF CALL PRINCIPELE AS FAR AS WE REASONABLY CAN BUT NATURALLY WILL FIRST CHECK THE CIRCUMSTANCS IN WHICH THE REFUGEES WERE PICKED UP. THE MASTER HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT PERMISSION TO ENTER HONG KONG HAS BEEN DENIED AND THE VESSEL HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO ANCHOR 2 MILES SOUTH OF PO TOI ISLAND, JUST
OUTSIDE HONG KONG WATERS.
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