TNAG-0793-FCO40-997-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 167

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GRS 75

CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM JAKARTA 0805302 NOV 78

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNOR

TELNO 66 OF 8 NOVEMBER

INFO FCO, CANBERRA, KUALA LUMPUR AND HANOI.

269

YOUR TELNO 1276 TO FCO:

C

PA

278

HKK 243/1

RECEIVED CEGISTRY NO. 51

10 NOV 1978

DESK OFFICER

RECHY

INDEX

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Action T

en

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

ACCORDING TO THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY HERE, THE VESSEL, WITH 2,518 PASSENGERS ON BOARD, HAS BEEN TURNED AROUND BY THE INDONESIANS AND IS BEING EITHER TOWED OR ESCORTED OUT OF INDONESIAN WATERS. THE AUSTRALIANS' LATEST INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS IN THE VICINITY OF PULAU TIOMAN OFF THE MALAYSIANT PENINSULA AND IS ON A COURSE OF 920 DEGREES.

O'BRIEN

FILES

HA CORTAZZ-I

UND

MIL STRATTON

SEAD

MIL WEIR

HRTQD

REPETITION TO HANG!

REFERALD FOR DEJARTMENTAL DECISION, Repeated as REQUESTED TO OTUER

Requested

POSTS

CONFIDENTIAL

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