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10.1 HAVE THE FOLLOG COMMENTS
(A)REILLYS SOURCE DID NOT INCLUDE MAIDEEN WHO WAS HONGKONG DURING HIS VISIT. THUS HIS INFORMATION CAN BE REGARDED AS
COMPLEMENTING THAT PASSED VERBALLY BY MAIDEEN TO HONG KONG AND MYSELF DURING FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
B) PARA 2. THIS WAS SECOND MAJOR SINKING WITHIN A FORTNIGHT (OURTELNO 177 REFERS).
(C) PARA 3. THIS WAS THE SECOND SAILING OF A LARGE VESSEL THE HCM CITY REGION WITHIN A WEEK (HONGKONG TEL 1286 REFERS) UNLESS OF COURSE THERE WAS JUST THE ONE VESSEL WHICH SAILED
LATER THAN EXPECTED AND TO AN ALTERED DESTINATION.
(D) PARA 4. THIS IS DOUBLE THE ESTIMATE MADE BY MAIDEEN. REILLYS INFORMATION IS HOWEVER THE MORE UP TO DATE AS MAIDEEN
LEFT HCM CITY ON 2 NOV.
FCO PASS ALL
EVANS
FILES:
UND
SEAD
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
H K & G D
FED
FS/MR LUARD
PS/10RD GORONWY ROBERTS F3/FUS
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR WEIR
MR STRATTON
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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE
LONDON
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