CYPHER CAT A
FM BRUNEI 270258Z JUN
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
RON
51
27 JUN 1977
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Ry Expn
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 134 OF 27 JUNE 1977 AND TO KUALA LUMPUR
INFO SINGAPORE BANGKOK UKMIS GENEVA AND HONG KONG.
LAST
OUR TELNO 132 (NOT TO UKMIS GENEVA OR HONG KONG):
VIETNAMESE SMALL BOAT REFUGEES.
NEXT
REF.
1. DURING DISCUSSION ON SATURDAY EVENING, THE SULTAN'S GENERAL ADVISER, WHILE REPEATING BRUNEI SYMPATHY TOWARD THE VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES, SAID HE GREATLY HOPED THAT THE BRUNEI VIEW THAT THE
MATTER WAS AN INTERNAL IMMIGRATION AFFAIR WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD
BY US. MOREOVER, THAT WE WOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY ADMISSION TO
BRUNEI HAD REGRETFULLY BEEN REFUSED.
2. ISA THEN WENT ON TO SAY HE BELIEVED THAT HONG KONG HAD
ALSO RECENTLY REFUSED TO ADMIT SOME RESCUED VIETNAMESE. HE
WONDERED IF THE GROUP IN THE BRITISH TANKER WERE THE SAME PEOPLE.
I SAID I DOUBTED THIS.
RESTRICTED
3. SUBSEQUENTLY
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