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FM HONG KONG CORRECTED VERSION (ADDITIONAL ADDRESSEE
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3623
OF 31113OZ OCTOBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HKGO LONDON
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OUR TELNOS 3605 AND 3606: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
THE OPERATION TO MOVE A GROUP OF SCREENED-OUT VBP FROM CHI MA WAN TO PHEONIX HOUSE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED EARLIER TODAY (31 OCTOBER). 48 PEOPLE WERE MOVED. THIS MEANS THAT WE NOW HAVE A GROUP OF 62 DEFINITIVELY SCREENED OUT AT PHOENIX HOUSE. CSD OFFICERS MET SOME RESISTANCE FROM A FEW OF THOSE MOVED AND SOME OTHERS IN THE SAME DORMITORY, DURING THE OPERATION. THIS
WAS HANDLED WITHOUT SERIOUS DIFFICULTY. ALL OF THE VBP WERE EXAMINED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS PRIOR TO BEING MOVED AWAY FROM CHI MA WAN. APART FROM MINOR SCRATCHES NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
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