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FOLLOWING FOR: S T NASH ESQ.(SEAD,FCO
COPIED TO:
C T WOOD ESQ, HONG KONG, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
CHANCERIES: MANILA, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, AND MOSCOW.
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ON SOVIET VESSEL POISK:
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UNHCR HERE CONFIRM THAT ALL 37 REFUGEES WERE HANDED OVER TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES BY THE SOVIETS AND ARE NOW APPARENTLY
IN DETENTION.
3. VIETNAMESE VIEW IS THAT THEY HAVE BROKEN VIETNAMESE LAWS BY DEPARTING ILLEGALLY AND WILL THEREFORE BE TREATED AS CRIMINALS. UNHCR BELIEVE THEIR FUTURE CHANCES OF DEPARTING UNDER ODP ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW REMOTE.
4. WE UNDERSTAND UNHCR IN GENEVA HAVE PROTESTED BY NOTE VERBALE' TO THE SOVIETS AND THE VIETNAMESE (REPLIES IN ESSENCE REJECTED UNHCR'S PROTEST).
5. HONG KONG: RE YOUR TEL 45 OF 17 JULY, WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER SOVIET SHIP CASES AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED REPATRIATION.
6. FCO PLEASE PASS TO ALL ADDRESSEES.
SIGNED.....M.J.H. WOOD
MKK 243/5
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