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FM TOKYO 0508152 SEP 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 487 OF 5 SEPTEMBER, 1979
OUR TELNO 482
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MY RUDD BANK
THE MFA HAVE TOLD US THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAVE NOV
DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE REFUGEES. FORMAL AUTHORITY TO ALLOW THE
REFUGEES TO LAND IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE TO THE IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES IN MOJL.
ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR ALL THE REFUGEES.
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2. ACCORDING TO THE BRITISH HONORARY CONSUL IN MOJ!, IT IS
HOPED THAT THE REFUGEES WILL BE DISEMBARKED TOMORROW MORNING
AT 69.36 LOCAL TIME, THE REFUGEES WILL THEN BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY
TO TEMPORARY RECEPTION CENTRES, ONE GROUP WILL GO TO A CENTRE
IN NAGASAKI AND THE REST TO CNETRES NEAR TOKYO.
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SIR A DUFF
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MR STRATTON
NEWS D MVD
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