TNAG-0794-FCO40-998-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 61

GPS 436

ONFIDENTIAL

FM LKUNET 27033OZ DEC 78

TO AMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 286 OF 27 DECEMBER

CONFIDENTIAL

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG FOR GOVERNOR) MANILA BANGKOK

UKMIS GENEVA PRIORITY WASHINGTON ROUTINE SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR

AND PEXING

390

YOUR TELNO 972 TO HONG KONG

HUEY FONG AND TUNG AN

HKK 243/1

391

RELIVED IN REGISTRY HO. 51

29 DFC 1978

ction

*AY

No W. Q2

24

1. I HAVE LITTLE TO ADD TO MY TELS NO 285 TO YOU AND 17 AND 18 TO HONG KONG. ANSWERS TO YOUR B-0 ARE:

6. TUNG AN. DOCTORS WHO EXAMINED THOSE VISHING TREATMENT REPORTED

THEY HAD MINOR AILMENTS ONLY AND BORE NO REAL SIGNS OF HARDSHIP. OTHER OBSERVERS CONTRASTED APPARENTLY COMFORTABLE STATE OF TUNG

AN PASSENGERS DESPITE CROWDING WITH STATE OF THOSE LANDED EARLIER FROM ALTANIN AND GADINIA. TUNG AN WAS NOT HOWEVER BOARDED SO THERE ARE NO EYE WITNESSES OF CONDITIONS BELOW DECKS. FOR DETAILS OF FOOD

AND WATER SUPPLIED SER MY TELNO 18. FUEL AND WATER TANKS WERE

FILLED TO CAPACITY IN BRUNEI,

#

C. CAPTAIN OF TUNG AN) SAID HE WAS ON PASSAGE FROM BANGKOK TO HONG KONG WITH CARGO OF PEAS AND CHICKEN FOOD AND HAD COME ACROSS

REFUGEES IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF DISTRESS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. HE GAVE NO OTHER DETAILS OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF RESCUE, EG NUMBER OF

BOATS FOUND, BRITISH OFFICERS INVOLVED HERE HOWEVER HAD IMPRESSION (FROM APPARENT CONDITION OF PASSENGERS, PRESENCE OF PLENTY OF LUGGAGE ETC) THAT PASSENGERS HAD BEEN PICKED UP IN VIETNAM PORT. D. THERE IS NO INFORMATION HERE ON MOVEMENT OF TUNG AN SINCE HY TELNO 18. AFTER TUNG AN'S DEPARTURE BRUNEI PATROL DID HOWEVER

INTERCEPT TRANSMISSION FROM CAPTAIN TO WAN FOOK SHIPPING CO

TÙNG XÔNG.

FCO PASS ALL EXCEPT KUALA LUMPUR AND SINGAPORE.

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

WATSON

FILES

EID

UND

PUSD

SEAD

OID

HK & GD

IPD

FED

NEWS 1)

SAD

M & VD

PS

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS PS/PUS

MR.CORTAZZI

MR.MURRAY

MR. LEAHY

CONFIDENTIAL