TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 186

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(A)

SOME REFUGEES (1.E THOSE GOING TO CANADA) WOULD BE HERE

FOR MORE THAN A FEW DAYS: AND

(B) THE SHIP WOULD BE COMING HERE AFTER REACHING ITS FIRST

PORT OF CALL.

BOTH PRECEDENTS WOULD BE NOTED AND EXPLOITED BY OTHER SHIP OWNERS

AND GOVERNMENTS.

4. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN AGREE TO MEET COSTS

OF AIR TRAVEL TO HONG KONG. MIGHT OWNERS BE WILLING TO HELP SINCE

COSTS ARE PROBABLY LITTLE MORE THAN DIVERSION TO HONG KONG ?

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