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SWB
FE/5271/A3/1
28 July 76
NO. SI
29 JUL1976
HK11243/128/
Vietnam
A. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
3. FAR EASTERN RELATIONS
Refugees land in Malaysia Efforts are being made to repair the boat of 94 Vietnamese refugees who landed in Kuala Trengganu on the cast coast of Peninsular Malaysia on 25th July so that they can resume their journey, a National Security Council spokesman has stated. He said State Security Committee officials were also arranging for food, medical supplies and diesel oil to be given to the refugee boat Once they had been provided with the necessary supplies, and those who were ill had recovered, they would leave Malaysia. The spokesman said the refugees had told security officials they had eaten no food for three days. Nine of the refugees were admitted to Kuala Trengganu General Hospital for treatment. The refugees, many of them children, landed early yesterday (Kuala Lumpur in English for abroad 0630 gmt 26 Jul 76)
Five refugees in Australia Five Vietnamese refugees who sailed into Darwin three months ago have been given permission to stay in Australia. They are now all working in Darwin. (Melbourne for Europe 0730 gmt. 27 Jul 76)
Detained Singapore fishermen return Seventeen Singapore fishermen who were detained for about two and a half months in Vietnamn returned home with their two fishing vessels on 26th July. They had been picked up by the Vietnamese authorities after heavy monsoons drove their vessels into Vietnamese waters. (Singapore home service in English 1130 gmt 26 Jul 76)
Chinese "economic representative” Reporting an inaugural ceremony for a medical equipment factory built with Chinese aid in Vietnam, the NCNA (in English 1703 gmt 24 Jul 76) listed among those present Lien Tien-jun, "economic representative of China in Vietnam", Li Yu-ching, First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy, and Chinese technical personnel taking part in the construction of the factory.
South-West Pacific
Gough Whitlam in Peking (FE/5270/A3/6) On 26th July Gough Whitlam met Hua Kuo-feng, the Australian Premier and they had a friendly conversation in the presence of S.A. Fitzgerald, Australian Ambassador to China Also present were Wang Hai-jung, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs; Hsieh Li, leading member of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs; Wu Fan-wu and Tang Wen-sheng, deputy directors of the Department of American and Oceanian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry; and Chou Chiu-yeh, Chinese Ambassador designate to Australia. (NCNA in English 1728 gmt 26 Jul 76)
Revaluation of Papua New Guinea currency
Melbourne's service for abroad (0530 gmt 26 Jul 76) quoted the Australian Minister for Industry and Commerce, Senator Cotton, as describing the revaluation of Papua New Guinea's currency as an indication of the sound basis of its economy. Senator Cotton, the Australian representative at the South Pacific forum meeting in Nauru, said he had had an informal meeting with Mr Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. He said the revaluation indicated that Papua New Guinea's currency had become completely independent of Australia.
New Zealand trade unionist in China B. Alderdice, National Secretary of the New Zealand Shop Employees' Industrial Association and Mis Alderdice left Peking on 24th
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