TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 294

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FM SINGAPORE 2508ØØZ MAY

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30 MAY 1908

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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 181 OF 25 MAY

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR)

YOUR TELS NOS 135 AND 140 REFUGEES FROM SS TONG SING

1. WE HAVE SENT MFA A NOTE VERBALE MAKING THE POINTS AS INSTRUCTED ABOUT THE ACTION OF THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN (COPY BY BAG).

2. WE HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO CARPENTER WHO UUNDERTOOK TO PUT THE

MATTER TO HIS DIRECTOR IN KUALA LUMPUR. HE WAS PERSONALLY

SYMPATHETIC TO THE IDEA OF SOME FORM OF REPRESENTATIONS TO THE

SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT BY UNHCR, AND UNDERTOOK TO INFORM US OF DECISION.

HENNINGS

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FILES:

UND SEAD

HK & G D MVD NEWS D

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/MR LUARD

MR WEIR

MR MURRAY

MR FIGG

COPIES TO:

MR C. BIRT, HOME OFFICE,

LUNAR HOUSE

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