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RECEIVED IN RESTRY NO. 51 1 - JUN 1981
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FM HONG KONG 010643Z JUN 81
TO PRIORITY PEKING
चढ
TELEGRAM NUMBER 189 OF 1 JUNE
INFO F C O
COD informed by telephone
that we
spil level
Region. P. Hell
Cod again that
his toge
Dept
24
PERO
2/6/31
شهد
لسة ال نیست
عب السعيد سيد محمد
toff
Brent People Distribution,
YOUR TEL NO 370 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM CHINA. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN YOU EXPECT SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTS FROM THE MFA. 2. THE SITUATION IN MACAU HAS DETERIORATED WITH FURTHER ARRIVALS, THOUGHT TO BE FROM CHINA. A HONG KONG STANDARD REPORT TODAY SAYS THERE ARE 2,220 PEOPLE ON MORE THAN 120 SAMPANS ANCHORED AT THE GOVERNMENT PIER ON TAIPA ISLAND. ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE EARLIER
BATCH WHO ARRIVED IN MACAU HAVE YET COME HERE, PRESSURE OF NUMBERS AND LACK OF ARRANGEMENTS TO RETURN TO CHINA INCREASE THE DANGER
OF THIS HAPPENING.
3. THERE ARE ALSO STEADY ARRIVALS HERE OF BOATS WHICH HAVE STOPPED
BRIEFLY IN MACAU, BUT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY SEAWORTHY FOR THE ONWARD VOYAGE. SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE ARE 885 CONFIRMED CASES.
A FURTHER BOATLOAD OF 81 UNDER INVESTIGATION LOOKS LIKELY TO HAVE
COME FROM GUANGDONG,
MACLEHOSE
See
BOAT FEOPLE LIMITED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
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MR DONALD
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CONFIDENTIAL
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COFIES TO:.
MR RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISER