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TO PRIORITY TOKYO TELNO.54 OF 20 OCTOBER
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INFO PRIORITY F.C.O, UKMIS GENEVA.
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YOUR TELNO.749 TO FCO AND FCO TELNO.794: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
THE SEVENTY TWO REFUGEES ARRIVED ON THE TUG LAST NIGHT. ICEM HAS WITH DIFFICULTY FOUND ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN LANDED.
WE HAVE RECEIVED USUAL ASSURANCES FROM UNHCE.
JAPANESE AUTHORITIES ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE US A GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD UNDERTAKE FINAL RESPONSIBILITY IF THE REFUGEES ARE STILL HERE AFTER 90 DAYS. BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF GUARANTEE THEY WERE PRESSING HMG TO OFFER IN THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN'' CASE, WE HAVE TOLD THE JAPANESE THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY IN THIS CASE SINCE ALTHOUGH HONG KONG WAS NOT THE FIRST PORT OF CALL IT WAS CLEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE REFUGEES TO STAY ON THE TUG UNTIL IT REACHED JAPAN. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MADE THE POINT THAT WE WOULD LOOK FOR SIMILAR FLEXIBILITY IN FUTURE CASES INVOLVING HONG KONG
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD DO THE SAME,
||OR BRITISH SHIPS IN JAPAN.
TODAY WE HAVE JUST OVER 700 REFUGEES ACCOMMODATED IN HOTELS
IN HONG KONG.
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By copy (Mint) To Me Morgan WNY
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