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TO IMMEDIATE F CO TELNO 4849 OF 12 OCTOBER, 1978,

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA,

MY TELNO 4033: REFUGEES ON QUOTE WELL PARK UNQUOTE.

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1. STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOW TOLD US THAT THE TAIWANESE M F A

HAVE SAID THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO

TAIWAN TO PICK UP THE REFUGEES, PROVIDED THEY HAVE OBTAINED

LANDING PERMITS.

PRESUMABLY THIS WILL BE DONE BY THE OPERATORS

OF THE AIRCRAFT, ON NORMAL AVIATION CHANNELS. IF THE HELP OF ·

THE US EMBASSY IS NECESSARY, THEY WILL NEED TO HAVE THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATIONS, THE PRECISE ITINERARIES, THE NAMES OF THE CAPTAINS, THE NAME OF THE AIRLINE AND PRECISE E T A AND

ET DS.

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