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इन्कार

10 OCT 1977

on

احمر که

TO ROUTINE HANOI TELNO 139 OF 10 OCTOBER 1977 INFO ROUTINE F C O

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

FROM

YOUR TELNO 147 AND MISS LUKES LETTER 184/1: SPECIAL FLIGHTS.

WE HAVE MADE AN INITIAL SURVEY OF THE SO-CALLED, 1,500 NAMES. WE FOUND 1,096 NAMED ADULTS AND 670 UN-NAMED CHILDREN, A TOTAL

OF 1,766 PERSONS.

(46)

INITIAL RESULTS SHOW RECORDS OF 498 PERSONS, OF WHICH 156 (INCLUDING 30 CHILDREN) HAVE BEEN APPROVED, 183 (INCLUDING 57 CHILDREN) REFUSED, AND 159 (INCLUDING 42 CHILDREN) UNDER CONSIDERATION, THIS LEAVES 1,260 WHOM WE ARE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY, WE ARE

RE-CHECKING THE INDEX: WE ARE RE-EXAMINING THE REFUSALS TO SEE

IF SOME CAM BE APPROVED: WE ARE SPEEDING UP PROCESSING OF THE

159 UNDER CONSIDERATION; AND WE ARE MAKING NEW EFFORTS TO

CONTACT SPONSORS OF LISTED PERSONS WHO HAVE APPARENTLY NOT

APPLIED FOR ENTRY.

ALL THIS WILL TAKE A FURTHER TWO WEEKS, MEANWHILE, COULD THE MFA

BE ASKED TO RESUME THE FLIGHTS ON THE BASIS OF THE GOODWILL SHOWN

BY THE RESULTS OF THE INITIAL SURVEY ? THEIR COOPERATION IN

OBTAINING PRESENT ADDRESSES OF SPONSORS AND OUR REFERENCE

NUMBERS FROM EXIT PERMIT HOLDERS WOULD SPEED SEARCH. THEY MAY

BE UNAWARE THAT 152 (INCLUDING 39 CHILDREN) OF THE 156 APPROVED

HAVE ALREADY TRAVELLED TO HONG KONG."

LETTER FOLLOWS.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

[ PEPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR

DEPARTMENTAL DECISION]

MVD

MAED

HK & GD

MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY

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