GPS 100
CONFIDENTIAL
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F.C.0. 01151OZ SEP 79
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TO HIMEDIATE TOKYO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 462 OF 1 SEPTEMBER
1649
HKK 243
PA
INFO PEKING, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, OTTAWA,
PARIS, UKHIS NEW YORK.
FROM RESIDENT CLERK
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 477
REFUGEES: MV RUDD BANK
1. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT YOU MAY, IS SO PRESSED BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES, GIVE A GUARANTEE THAT WE SHALL ACCEPT IN THE
UK THOSE REFUGEES WHO CANNOT BE SETTLED ELSEWHERE. YOU SHOULD NOT OF COURSE VOLUNTEER THIS INFORMATION AS IT IS STILL OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE JAPANESE WILL STANDBY SONADA'S UNDERTAKING, WE NEVERTHELESS HOPE THERE WILL BE NO PUBLICITY ABOUT SUCH A GUARANTEE IF IT HAS TO BE GIVEN. MEANWHILE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE JAPANESE TO HELP RE-SETTLE THE REFUGEES.
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FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
DESD
NAM D
SAD
MAED
SID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
FS/LPS
PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR EULLARD
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
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