TNAG-0559-FCO40-654-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-othe-1975 — Page 52

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SEADET HK102

TO IMMEDIATE HANOI TELNO 33 OF 11 OCTOBER.

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION,

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YOUR TELNO. 32 OF 6 OCTOBER, 1975 M/V MILOS,

SEVEN DAYS VISAS APPROVED FOR CREW AS NAMED. ENDORSE VISAS

''CR 1265 11 SEVEN DAYS''

YOU MAY WISH TO MENTION TO PRG THAT THERE ARE SOME VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG WHO WISH TO RETURN TO SAIGON AND ASK IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL ON THE M/V MILOS, YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO MENTION THAT YOU HAVE ISSUED VERY MANY VISAS THIS YEAR AND PERHAPS THE TIME HAS NOW COME FOR A LITTLE ASSISTANCE IN ACCEPTING SOME

VIETNAMESE FROM HONG KONG,

FOR YOUR INFORMATION THERE ARE AT: PRESENT 17 WHO REFUSE TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR SETTLEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND WHO INSIST ON RETURN TO VIETNAM. YOU CAN ASSURE PRG THAT UNLIKE GUAM WE CAN

ARRANGE THINGS VERY QUIETLY AND WITHOUT PUBLICITY.

MACLEHOSE

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