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Vietnam has continued to ep to the roratorium, but has been unable to prevent ethnic Vietnamese, who have access to fi thing beats from flozing clandestinoly from Central and Southern Vietnam, Ethnic Chinese wanting to leave have been told by the Public Security (PS) to be patient. They have been unable to leave under the United Nations programmes because of delays in processing. China has not yet comletely stopped thora lend crossers Seattled in various provinces from making their way illegall" to "ong Kong.
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During October, 10 small oats and ? marchant ships carving 578 refuges reached Kong Tong. Of the 23? refugees on 5 boats and the ? merchant shing from Southem Victner, all except 5 one ethnic Vietnamese ho fled on boats belonging to fiskemen because of economic conditions or harassment an a moult of their activities un to 1975. The 5 ethnic Chinese the "ere from No Cai Minh City paid two tails of cold cach to the wiesol organiser to leave from 'ha rang. One of the to merchant ships, **7 BARBER TAIF, picked in 34 rafuraes who had been refusió permission to lend by the Malaysians and were towed back out to sca. Maree storms,
MINICY and SARAY, causod at least 47 other refirees to lose their lives, through drowning or starvation, on route to Fong Kona.
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Sthnic Metnar-se refugees are unclear about the Vietnamese Soverment's present intentions mcarling the moratorium, but ay that the rs have told the ethnic Chingen to wait and that any future departures ·ould probably be limited to less than 50 per boat to simulate an oscape rather than an organise departure.
thnic Chinese are till congregated at coastal merts in Southam and Central Vietnam there large numbers of sell boats, sonc built sino 1978 and camarked pre-moratorium for ethnic Chinese, lie at anchor under PS quard. One othric Vietnamese rofuqce stated that he was offered a place at a cost of seven tacls of cold on a ship scheduled to leave in November with 900 aboard. T
oney agente in Hong Kong, re-activated in mid-sentanhor after stopping at the time of the moratorium, are now "clieved to be acconting escape money from persons in Fong one or the U.S.. on behalf of their relatives in Vietnam ho hope to be able to lear sometime in the coming months.
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Continerncy.nlanuine by Oversone Cinora shinning svalicates in Tong Torg, Taivan and Singanors contimes but no
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