TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 49

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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO.92 OF 29 SEPTEMBER

INFO ROUTINE TO F.C.0.

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YOUR TELNO.80 OF 28 SEPTEMBER : REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM

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1. EVANS CALLED ON CONSULAR DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA TODAY. PREDICTABLY THEY REFUSED TO CONFIRM ON THE SPOT THAT NHO WOULD BE ACCEPTED BACK IN VIETNAM, THEY WILL CONSIDER THE MATTER AND INFORM US OF THEIR DECISION IN DUE COURSE.

IN THE MEANTIME THEY · ARE NOT PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE MECHANICS OF HIS REPATRIATION.

2. THEY DID NOT SUGGEST THAT THE JUNK BE RETURNED, BUT MAY WELL RAISE THIS ISSUE EVENTUALLY.

3. THEY ASKED FOR THE NAMES OF THE OTHER ELEVEN ON BOARD. EVANS SAID THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THEM AND THEY DID NOT PRESS THE MATTER.

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