TNAG-0791-FCO40-995-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 124

GR

PRIORITY CYPHER/CAT A

FM HONG KONG 140845%

RESTRICTED

RESTRICTED

TO PRIORITY HANOI TELNO.49 OF 14 APRIL

INFO F.C.O,

HKK 243/

RS Wir: C2E1

INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA, OSLO, KUALA LUMPUR.

YOUR TELNO.58: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

وه

1. OUR TELNO.437 AND OTHERS ON THE SUBJECT HAVE BEEN COPIED TO YOU SAVING. BRIEFLY, WE AGREED (AFTER INITIAL DOUBTS) TO ALLOW 71 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, WHO HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY A NORWEGIAN TANKER BOUND FOR LOS ANGELES, TO COME ASHORE

HERE WHILE TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THEM TO GO TO NORWAY. ALL THE REFUGEES HAVE NOW LEFT.

2. MAY WE ASSUME THAT, IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU WOULD BE CONTENT TO HAVE TELEGRAMS ON BOAT CASES HERE REPEATED TO YOU SAVING ?

FCO PSE PASS SAVINGS ADDRESSEES

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

H ReGD

MVD

CONS D

REPEA

REPEATED AS

REQUESTED

RESTRICTED