TNAG-0587-FCO40-720-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 140

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00 TOKYO

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RR UKMIS GENEVA

RR SINGAPORE

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RR KUALA LUMPUR

RR JAKARTA

RR MANILA

RR PARIS

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RESTRICTED

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 3152 OF 20 SEPTEMBER, 1976,

AND TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO,

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, SINGAPORE,

OTTAWA KUALA LUMPUR, PARIS, JAKARTA, AND MANILA.

TOKYO TELNO 844 (NOT TO HONG KONG OR MANILA):

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

MS MATHER.

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1. CUSHING (OFFICE OF INDO-CHINA REFUGEE PROGRAMS, STATE DEPT)

· TOLD US THAT US AUTHORITIES DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE IN SINGAPORE TO GET FULL DETAILS OF THE 20 REFUGEES WHO WISH TO COME TO THE US.

NO FURTHER ACTION ON THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL THEREFORE BE POSSIBLE TILL THEY ARE LANDED IN JAPAN. JAPANESE POLICY IS TO REQUIRE ASSURANCES FROM THE COUNTRY OF THE VESSEL'S REGISTRY THAT