TNAG-0557-FCO40-652-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 64

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GR 1000 EN CLAIR

FM HONG KONG 260708Z

UNCLASSIFIED

TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 521 OF 26 MAY.

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

14/0

ADMISSION OF REFUGEES TO U.K.

YOUR TELNO. U/N OF 22ND MAY, 1975.

141B

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16576

OF THE ORIGINAL 111 WHO EXPRESSED A WISH TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM, SOME HAVE BEEN OR ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES. AT PRESENT THERE ARE 71 APPLICANTS FOR U.K. INCLUDING ONE PREDOMINENTLY PAKISTANI FAMILY DESCRIBED BELOW. NOT ALL HAVE GIVEN UNITED KINGDOM AS THEIR FIRST CHOICE BUT THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO BE ACCEPTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES AS THEY HAVE NO CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE VIETNAM. AS RESULTS OF APPLICATIONS TO ENTER U.S.A., CANADA AND FRANCE ARE KNOWN IT IS LIKELY THAT MORE APPLICATIONS FOR U.K. ENTRY WILL BE RECEIVED.

PRESENT NUMBER COMPRISES FOUR VIETNAMESE FAMILY GROUPS TOTALLY 27 PERSONS AND 38 MEN, MOSTLY SINGLE, WHO ARE TRAVELLING ALONE. JUST UNDER HALF CLAIM TO SPEAK SOME ENGLISH. THERE IS ALSO THE PAKISTANI FAMILY OF 6 MEMBERS. ALL APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD HEALTH AND NO DISABILITIES WERE NOTED.

VIETNAMESE FAMILY GROUPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

VO QUOC CHI BORN 26.7.1948 UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND TECHNICIAN

IN VIETNAMESE ARMY AND HIS WIFE NGUYEN MY HUE AGED 21. NGUYEN VIET KE BORN 3.9.1928, UNIVERSITY GRADUATE AND VIETNAMESE POLICE OFFICER, HIS WIFE NGUYEN THI ME BORN 16.2.1934 AND SEVEN CHILDREN AGED FROM 3 TO 21 YEARS.

AN EXTENDED FAMILY GROUP CONSISTING OF LE VAN TY, BORN 16.6.1939, A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE, A MAINTENANCE FOREMAN AND SUPPLY OFFICER, HIS WIFE NGUYEN THI TUYET BORN 11.6.1946 AND THEIR 5 CHILDREN AGED FROM 2 TO 8 YEARS. ALSO HIS MOTHER TRUONG THI DO A BORN 1921 AND HIS

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