SECRET
FM HANOI
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 672
OF 08083OZ DECEMBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SECRET
100710
MDHIAN 8270
470
нив 243 la
24319
TO COPY Q LIST ?
CHONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
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HONK KONG TELNO 4032 TO YOU: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: REPATRIATION
1. PARA 4 OF TUR IS PUZZLING, UNLESS YOU MEAN THAT THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT DETAILS ARE PRECISELY THOSE RELAYED IN YOUR TELNO 3838 ABOUT AN EARLY PLAN. GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE URGENT CONFIRMATION.
2. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS MUCH DOUBT ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT TO INFORM THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES IN ADVANCE
OF THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. IN THE ENCLOSURE TO BEETHAM'S LETTER OF 20 NOVEMBER FOR MARITIME, AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT FCO (WHICH HAS JUST REACHED US) IT IS SPELT OUT THAT AN APPLICATION TO THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES MUST CONTAIN INTERALIA ''NUMBER OF PASSENGERS'
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3. INCIDENTALLY WITH REF TO HONG KONG TELNO 4021, THE REQUIREMENT INCLUDES ''RADIO FREQUENCIES IN USE AND OTHER COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT CARRIED''.
3. I HAVE NOT YET SEEN YOUR TELNO 2418 TO HONG KONG.
DAVIES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
61
DISTRIBUTION
62
VIETNAMESE REPATRIATION
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
UND
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
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