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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY N».51
20 JUN 1974
[NKKIY'S
1974
LAL
F.
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 677 OF 20 JUNE/ INFO PRIORITY SATGOH,
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 8 TO SAIGON: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH
VIETNAM.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN REUTER'S REPORT FROM SAIGON THAT ONE OF THE
118 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED ON 17 JUNE HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HIS ABSENCE BY A MILITARY COURT LAST APRIL ON SMUGGLING
CHARGES.
2. WE HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT TO SAIGON LIKELIHOOD OF SERIOUS LOCAL REPERCUSSIONS IF ORIGINAL ASSURANCES IN RELATION TO HARSH TREATMENT ARE NOT KEPT (HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 10 OF 19 JUNE TO
SAIGON ONLY).
3. YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT THERE WAS NO ONE OF THE NAME OF THE MAN IN QUESTION, 21 YEAR OLD TRUONG HONG, IN THE GROUP, NOR DID ANYONE DURING THE INVESTIGATION HERE MAKE KNOWN THAT THERE
WERE CHARGES OR CONVICTIONS OUTSTANDING IN SOUTH VIETNAM. CONSUL GENERAL HAS ALSO ASSURED US THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE, WHEN HE ASKED FOR HELP IN REPATRIATION, THAT GROUP INCLUDED TRUONG HONG OR ANYONE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SENTENCED FOR CRIME IN SAIGON.
ROBERTS
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HKIOD
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MTD
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LEGAL ADVISERS
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PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/MR. ENNALS
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MR. WILFORD
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