TNAG-0559-FCO40-654-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 271

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1.SEP 1975

NICK 18/25

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 29 OF 29 AUGUS

UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, ROUTINE PEKING TO VIENTIANE.

FCO

(272)

NOF

YOUR TELNO 29 AND FCO TELNO 126: UNHCR FLIGHTS.

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AND SAVING

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REF.

1.

VIETNAMESE ARE IN THE THROES OF DRV 30 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE SHALL GET ANY SENSE OUT OF THEM BEFORE 3 SEPTEMBER. IT COULD BE THAT PREOCCUPATION WITH CELEBRATIONS IN SAIGON ACCOUNTS AT LEAST IN PART FOR FAILURE ON THE PART OF AUTHORITIES THERE TO EVACUATE HONG KONG BELONGERS ON UNHCR FLIGHTS.

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THIS SAID, WE SHALL SEEK EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY

TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH PRG REPRESENTATIVE HERE.

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