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GRS 450A

IMMEDIATE

EN CLAIR

RECHI BI

REGISTRY NO. 31

FM BRUNEI 050210Z JUL

5 JUL1997

UNCLASSIFIED

KIC243/302/

Enterp

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 149 OF 5 JUL

AND TO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR

AND INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA

MIPT: VIETNAMESE REGUGEES

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1. THE MASTER TOLD ME THAT THE 37 REFUGEES, WHO HAD SET OFF FROM NHATRANG IN A FLUSH-DECKED 20 FOOT BOAT WITH A FISH WELL, HAD BEEN AT SEA FOR A WEEK WHEN RESCUED. BY THAT TIME THEIR BOAT WAS OUT OF FUEL AND WATER-LOGGED AND ALL ON BOARD LACKED FOOD AND WATER AND WERE IN VERY SORRY STATE.

2. THE DETAILS OF THOSE IN THE BOAT, AS. SOUGHT BY THE UNHCR, ARE AS FOLLOWS. WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST BUT THE VIETNAMESE SEEM LACKING MUCH IN THE WAY OF FRENCH OR ENGLISH.

3. (A AND B) HEADS FAMILIES AND DATES OF BIRTH:

1) TRAN VAN DIEM BORN 1924

NGUYÊN THANH DAT BORN 1946

II)

III)

NGUYÊN THOI TRUNG BORN 1947

IV)

LE ARONG KIM BORN 1942

(C) NATIONALITY: VIETNAMESE

(D) ETHNIC ORIGIN: VIETNAMESE

(E)

RELIGION : ROMAN CATHOLIC

(F)

SHIP ARRIVED BRUNEI 25 JUNE

(H)

(G) STATUS IN BRUNE! NOT ESTABLISHED (REFUGEES NOT LANDED).

LANGUAGES: VIETNAMESE (NO (111) A SMATTERING OF ENGLISH).

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