TNAG-0556-FCO40-651-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 148

GPS 61

FLASH

EN CLAIR

REGISTRY NU, to

5 MAY 1975

TOP COPY

FM FCO 021802Z

UNCLASSIFIED

J-KK18/25

TO FLASH HONG KONG TELNO 347 OF 2/5 AND TO IMMEDIATE OTTAWA INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, ROYAL PARTY ON TOUR (FOR SIR MARTIN CHARTERI S) KINGSTON (FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY) PRIORITY COPENHAGEN AND ROUTINE MANILA.

LAST REF

NEXT

REF.

(2x)

FOR POLITICAL ADVISER.

YRTELNO. 426: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1.

SOLICITOR ACTING FOR MAERSK LINE HERE TOLD US THAT THE SHIP WAS EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG AND THAT THE OWNERS HAD NOT THOUGHT THAT DIVERSION WAS FEASIBLE.

TO OTTAWA,

2. PARA. 4 OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, WE AGREE.

CALLAGHAN

FILES HKIOD (4)

SEAD

FED

NAD

NEWS D

COPIES TO

PS/MR ENNALS

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/MR HATTERSLEY PS/MISS LESTOR

MR BLANKS DS11 MOD

CONS D

CONS EM UNIT

MVD

DEF D

PS/PUS

SIR D WATSON

MR MALE

MR LARMOUR

MR WILFORD

PCD

PS

MR HAWLEY