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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO 93 OF 10/5/78 REPEATED TO PRIORITY FCO(FOR MORGAN UNITED NATIONS DEPT)

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ABOARD INDIAN MERCHANT VESSEL

''DAMODAR DR ALBERT BLOCK''

1. UNHCR ADVISE THAT A/N VESSEL WITH NINETY

VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES ABOARD HAS DOCKED AT SRIRACHA

PORT SOUTH EAST OF BANGKOK.

2. ONE ELDERLY LADY ACCOMPANIED BY GRANDSON AGED

ELEVEN CLAIMS TO HAVE DAUGHTER IN HONG KONG WHOM SHE

WISHES TO JOIN. DETAILS AS FOLLOWS:

MADAME HUYNH LE LIEN BORN 7 DEC 1913 AT BINH DINH (NORTH VIỆT NAM). DAUGHTER IN HONG KONG :PHAN TUYET MAI BORN 1947 ADDRESS: 1026 KINGS ROAD 5/F FLAT D21, HONG KONG.

3.UNHCR GRATEFUL TO LEARN WHETHER MADAME HUYNH ABD

GRANDSON MAY ENTER HONG KONG FOR SETTLEMENT. GRANDSON IS

SON OF ANOTHER DAUGHTER STILL SAIGON WITH

MADAME HUYNH'S HUSBAND TWO FURTHER DAUGHTERS AND TWO

SONS.REASON FOR MADAME HUYNH'S FLIGHT FROM VIETNAM

WASPRIMARILY TO SAVE GRANDSON FROM COMMUNIST UPBRINGING.

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