TNAG-0495-FCO40-560-Deportation-of-foreign-nationals-from-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 77

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELMO 582 OF 20 JUNE? INFO SAIGON,

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH VIETHAM,

1. MR MARTIN ENNALS CAME, AT HIS OWN REQUEST, TO SEE SIR MURRAY

MACLEHOSE ON 19 JUNE, MR ENDALS MADE THREE POINTS,

A) THAT AMNESTY WERE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED THAT THE ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN RETURNED WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR

UNVESTIGATION OF INDIVIDUAL. CASES,

(B) HE HAD HEARD THAT AT LEAST ONE, AND POSSIBLY TWO, OF THE GROUP.

HAD STAYED BEHIND IN HONG KONG, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAD OFFERED TO

ACCEPT SEVERAL OF THE PARTY AS POLITICAL REFUGEES IN FRANCE. HE

IPPED THAT ANY WHO STILL REMAINED MOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE UP THIS

OFFER.

(C) HC TRUSTED THAT THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERMENT WOULD BE KEPT

TO THEIR PROMISE NOT TO MALTREAT THE RETURNED IMMIGRANTS,

2. BİR MURRAY SAID HE NOTED WHAT MR ENNALS HAD TO SAY: BUT THE

RESPONSIBILITY DID NOT LIE WITH HIN WHILE HE WAS 14 THIS COUNTRY

AVD HE DID NOT KNOW THE FULL FACTS. HE COULD NOT THEREFORE COMMENT

FURTHER,

3. YOU MAY WISH TO DISCUSS THE ALLEGED FRENCH OFFER OF ASYLUM WITH!

THE CONSUL CENGRAL. PLEASE KEEP US INFORMED,

CALLACITA!!

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