TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 165

CONFIDENTIAL

+KK 243/1

IMMEDIATE

CYPHER/CAT A 693135

FM HONG KONG 312447Z

CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 310800Z (UKMIS GENEVA ONLY)

TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.1845 OF 31 AUGUST 78,

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA,

INFO SAVING PEKING AND HANOI.

59 MY TELNO.1040 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM.

TRY

PA

Action Taven

31

ni

1. A HONG KONG TRAWLER ARRIVED TODAY WITH 303 REFUGEES WHO LEFT

DANANG ON 24 AUGUST AND WERE GIVEN FURTHER PROVISIONS WHEN THEY

REACHED HAINAN ISLAND ON 26 AUGUST. THEY WERE RESCUED AFTER

THEIR JUNK RAN AGROUND ON THE WAY FROM HAINAN. 289 ARE ETHNIC

CHINESE AND 141 (A HIGH PROPORTION) ARE CHILDREN, WE HAVE ALSO

HEARD THAT ANOTHER TRAWLER WITH ABOUT 200 ON BOARD IS DUE TO

ARRIVE LATER TODAY.

2. CARPENTER OF UNHCR HAS ASKED SAMPATKUMAR TO COME HERE URGENTLY

TO REVIEW THE PROBLEMS. HE IS DUE LATER TODAY.

3. GRATEFUL FOR THE NEWS IN YOUR TELNO.669 : WE HOPE IT CAN BE

A LARGE FIRST BATCH.

FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO PEKING AND HANOI.

MACLEHOSE

•

FILES

UND.

HK&GD..

SEAD.

FED.

NAD.

010.

MVD

NEWS 0.

PS/ LORD GORONWY

PS/MR LUARD

MRWEIR

•MRMURRAY

ROBERTS.

COPIES TO

HONGKONG GOVT. OFFICE

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED"] CONFIDENTIAL.

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