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FM SINGAPORE
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 011
OF 17063OZ APRIL 86
INFO ROUTINE
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MANILA, UKMIS GENEVA, BONN, PARIS
YOUR TELNO 1085 70 FCO: MERCY SHIPS
1. UNHCR REP HERE IS UNDER INSTRUCTIONS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE
REGINE AND HAS TEREFORE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPERATION
WHICH HE SAYS HE NEITHER CONDONES NOR CONDEMNS. HOWEVER,
HE HAS OBTAINED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIP'S MOVEMENTS
FROM THE REGINE'S LOCAL AGENTS, ROWLAND MARINE SERVICES.
2. THE REGINE (FORMERLY CALLED CAP ANAMUR NO 2) ARRIVED
SINGAPORE FOR FITTING OUT IN LATE FEBRUARY. SHE SET SAIL
IN EARLY MARCH AND ANCHORED NEAR THE MEKONG DELTA, SLIGHTLY
WEST OF THE MAIN SHIPPING LANES, IN FIVE RESCUES' SHE
PICKED UP 329 PEOPLEBAND LEFT FOR PALAWAN ON ON 13 APRIL.
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ROWLAND MARINE, ANTHONY SELVAM,
TRAVELLED SEPARATELY TO PALAWAN.
3. UNHCR REP DOES NOT THINK THE REGINE WILL GO TO HONG KONG
IF SHE IS REFUSED PERMISSION TO DISCHARGE THE REFUGEES ''
IN THE PHILIPPINES. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT DISCOUNT THE
POSSIBILITY THAT ATTEMPTS COULD BE MADE TO EXCHANGE THOSE ON
BOARD FOR LONG TERM REFUGEES. THIS HAS APPARENTLY BEEN DONE
IN THE PAST.
JAMES
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
NEWS D
MARD
P8
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W HARDING
MR O'NEILL MR WILSON
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
HAN 243/3
нии
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
17 APR 1986
RESTRICTED
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