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TO PRIORITY CANBERRA TELEGRAM NUMBER 22 OF 2 AUGUST/INFO PRIORITY
F C O SAIGON AND BANGKOK.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 702 TO F C O: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM
SOUTH VIETNAM.
YOUR PARA 5. THERE WERE NO REPEAT NO EXCHANGES BETWEEN
AUSTRALIAN AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS. A BODY CALLED THE HONG
KONG SAMARITANS WERE IN TOUCH WITH AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION HERE
ASKING WHETHER AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD OFFER ASYLUM, BUT
THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE COMMISSION KNEW OF NO SUCH OFFICIAL
CONSIDERATION.
2. NEITHER SWEDISH NOR FRENCH GOVERNMENTS, WHO WERE ALSO
ALLEGED BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO
OFFER ASYLUM, MADE ANY OFFICIAL APPROACH TO HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT.
3. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE RETURNED TO SOUTH VIETNAM ON NIGHT OF 16/17 JUNE. UP TO 15 JUNE, AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION KNEW OF NO
CONTACT BETWEEN AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS ANYWHERE, INCLUDING CANBERRA.
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