TNAG-0587-FCO40-720-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 66

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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRA NO 1853 OF 20 OCTOBER INFO WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, TOKYO AND UKMIS GENEVA.

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VAMIGRATION

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: 'BUNG A TANYONG''.

MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SEPPING CORPORATION SHIP 'BUNGA TANJONG'' FLYING MALAYSIAN FLAG ARRIVED HERE LAST NIGHT FROM JAPAN WITH 11 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON BOARD PICKED UP AT SEA

ON 3RD OCTOBER.

2. DESPITE JAPANESE REFUSAL TO ALLOW THE REFUGEES TO LAND FOLLOWING MALAYSIAN UNWILLINGNESS TO GIVE ANY ASSURANCES WE HAVE DECIDED IN THIS CASE IN VIEW OF SMALL NUMBER TO MEET THE UNHCR REQUEST TO ALLOW THEM TO LAND HERE, SAMPATKUMAR ON BEHALF OF UNHCR HAS GIVEN THE USUAL GUARANTEES.

3. ALL THE REFUGEES HAVE INDICATED THEY WISH TO BE SETTLED IN THE U.S.A. AND THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.

4. THE CURRENT POSITION REGARDING THE REFUGEES FROM THE ''AVA'

ETC. IS AS FOLLOWS:-

/ NO. LANDED