TNAG-0496-FCO40-561-Deportation-of-foreign-nationals-from-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 115

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RETURN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO SOUTH VIETNAM.

1. WE RECENTLY SENT YOU COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR BEN FORD MP AND LORD CORONWY-ROBERTS ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE 118 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO SOUTH VIETNAM. MR FORD HAS WRITTEN AGAIN TO LORD CORONWY-ROBERTS ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INCIDENT IN WHICH JOURNALISTS AND BROADCASTERS WERE ARRESTED AT KATAK AIRPORT. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW THE SENTENCES AWARDED

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