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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 63 OF 20 APRIL 1978

REPEATED FCO.

MIPT.

1. TAY NINH LIES INLAND NORTH WEST OF HO CHI MINH CITY.

WHEN I FOINTED THIS OUT TO THE CONSULAR DEPT, THEY SAID THAT THE

VESSEL IN QUESTION IS A RIVER VESSEL. PRESUMABLY THE THREE MEN

NOW ALLEGED TO BE IN HONG KONG ARE THE 'PIRATES''

''PIRATES'' WHO TOOK

HER OVER. THE MFA SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE RETURN OF THESE THREE.

2. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE LETTER WHICH IS ALLEGED TO HAVE

REACHED THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES ON 28 MARCH WAS ADDRESSED TO

ANY OFFICIAL. FATHER CARROCU'S ADDRESS WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY

TAKEN FROM PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES

IN HO CHI MINH CITY, INTERCEPTED BY THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES.

FCO PASS GOVERNOR HONG KONG AND FCO

LUKE

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD PUSD

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

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