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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 142 OF 30 JUNE

INFO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR AND HONG KONG ROUTINE SINGAPORE UKMIS GENEVA AND BANGKOK.

MY TELNO 138 AND YOUR TELNO 126: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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I HAVE SPOKEN YET AGAIN TO ISA, STRESSING THESE POINTS:- THE RESCUING SHIP WAS BRITISH AND RESCUE AT SEA IS A SEMI COLON

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UNLESS THE .38 REFUGEES DISEMBARK HERE, THE SHIP FACES A LONG VOYAGE ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH THE REFUGEES, INCLUDING THOSE PREGNANT. HAVING SAILED ON FROM HERE THERE COULD THEN BE DIFFICULTY IN LANDING THE REFUGEES SEMI COLON

(C) I TRUSTED BRUNEI TO RECOGNISE THE BRITISH INTERESTS AND THE HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS.

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2. ISA,SPEAKING QUITE SINCERELY, SAID HE RECOGNISED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BRITISH ANGLE. HE THEN SAID HE WONDERED IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED IF THE REFUGEES WERE ALLOWED TO DISEMBARK HERE TO BE FLOWN AT ONCE TO HONG KONG FOR UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE PROCESSING.

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3. I REALISE THERE ARE FINANCIAL ANGLES, BUT IN ALL THE

CIRCUMSTANCES THIS BEGINS TO LOOK THE ONLY IMMEDIATE AND PRACTICAL WAY OUT OF THE PROBLEM.

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