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MEANWHILE SMALL BOAT REFUGEES ARE ARRIVING ON THE EAST COAST AT A RATE OF ABOUT ONE THOUSAND A DAY AND THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. FEELINGS ARE RUNNING
HIGH IN TRENGGANU WHERE THE MALAY POPULATION OF ONE OF THE POOREST STATES SEE FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR REFUGEES WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE THEMSELVES. THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT ARE WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY IMPLICATIONS AND THE POLICE MAINTAIN THAT ABOUT
80 PER CENT OF THOSE ARRIVING ARE ETHNIC CHINESE.
HAWLEY
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SEAD
HK GD
MVD
FED
[REPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL
DECISION, REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO OTHER FOSTS]
MAED
FS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
Fo/MR LUARD
FS/PUS
MK CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR FIGG
SIR A. DUFF
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MR SLEIGHT
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