1396
HKK 24311
1979
HKK 243/4
RECEIVED IN RIGSTAT NO. 51
20 MAY 1980
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FM HONG KONG 190456Z MAY 80
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 647 OF 19 MAY
FOR WILLIAMSON FROM FORD
WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP IN ANSWERING A QUERY FROM A
RESPONSIBLE AUTHOR OF A FORTHCOMING BOOK ON VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES. IN JULY 1979 THE SHIP ''SEA VIEW'' THREATENED TO
APPROACH HONG KONG WITH A COMPLEMENT OF REFUGEES. THE FCO
CALLED IN A SENIOR VIETNAMESE DIPLOMAT TO MAKE A FORMAL PROTEST.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW PLEASE WHO WAS SUMMONED, HIS GRADE AND (BRIEFLY) THE FLAVOUR OF THE OCCASION.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HK2G D
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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