TNAG-0791-FCO40-995-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 118

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TO PRIORITY HANOI TELNO 53 OF 1 MAT 975.

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YOUR TELNOS 62 AND 63: VIETNAMESE REQUEST FOR RETURN OF VESSEL.

PLEASE TELL THE VIETNAMESE THAT WE HAVE MADE THOROUGH ENQUIRIES BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TRACE ANY VESSEL ANSWERING THE DESCRIPTION THEY GAVE YOU. YOU SHOULD ADD THAT IT SEEMS LIKELY

THAT ANY PEOPLE ON IT WHO ARE HERE WERE PICKED UP BY ANOTHER SHIP. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THIS IF THE VIETNAMESE COULD GIVE US THE NAMES OF THEIR INFORMANTS IN HONG KONG.

2. FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, GPO BOX NO 145 IS USED BY FATHER GARREAU WHO LEFT VIETNAM TWO YEARS AGO. HE HAS NOT SEEN ANY ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR NOR HAS HE

BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT THE USE OF HIS PO BOX AS A FORWARDING ADDRESS.

ROBERTS

[REPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION]

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