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Sir.
Hələ îmbuarina "L, 33" ate
Hong Gng.
3rd July 1985.
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I have the honour to submit the following
report of the situation at HO THOT at the time when "...33"
left for KIG FOR.
"he women Bud children, with the exception
The
of two French mune, have all evacuatau to HAIPHONG.
situation is completely quiet, no demonstrations have taken
many place for some tyɑ and sopa of the students have left.
Taking this into consideration sad on the advice of the
Consul General I reported that the presence of "135" was
no longer necessary. At the same time I consider thaṛ
amongst
the situation there is tense. Logal feeling agedume the
Foreign Community was very much against the withdrawal of
The reasons for this are as follows :-
(a) Complete lack of communications. Fo cable or
Wireless Station is in existence on the Island.
at the present time the arrival of ships ie
unsertain and from this it will be seen that the
entire Foreign sommnity could be exterminated
and nobody would be any the winer.
(b) The Trol of a British mancession. The foreign community in souttered all over the west and of
the tow, In the event of a disturbance it
would be very difficult for every one to ocil.ot
at ene plase and it is almost certain that
many people would be cut off.
(e) In the event of a boygott it would be utterly
impossible for foreignera to obtain food and
instant.