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FM HONG KONG 221115Z DEC 78

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1477 OF 22 DECEMBER,

INFO IMMEDIATE : PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA,

3/1

HKK 243 RELAINED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 29 DEC 1978

DISK OF

INDEX

ль

368

$ RY

Action Taken

50/12 es

PRIORITY : WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, HANOI, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

OFFICE LONDON.

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MY TELNOS.1473 AND 1474 : HUEY FONG.

1. ON THE BASIS OF LATER INFORMATION WE NOW ESTIMATE THAT THE

HUEY FONG WILL REACH HONG KONG AT ABOUT 0600 HOURS LOCAL

TOMORROW (1.E 2222007).

2. WE HAVE INFORMED THE NONA, TELLING THEM THAT WE EXPECT HER TO

APPROACH ON A NORMAL SEA-LANE FROM THE SOUTH SEMI-COLON AND THAT WE WISHED TO ALERT THEM IN CASE THE SHIP FOLLOWED A DIFFERENT COURSE (E.G TOWARDS THE LEMA ISLANDS, SOUTH OF HONG KONG) OR WAS IN DANGER OF SINKING BEFORE REACHING A TEMPORARY

ANCHORAGE HERE.

3. THE SHIP IS APTLY NAMED: THE CHARACTERS (HUI FENG: 0565,6265)

COULD BE TRANSLATED AS ''TRANSMIT PROSPERITY”.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

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PUSD

SEAD

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HK & GD

IPD

RED

PS

NEWS DEPT

SAD EID

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

SIR A DUFF

KR CORTAZZI

MR LURRAY MR LEAHY

REPETITION TO HANOI REFERRED FOR DEPARTMENTAL DECISION, REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO OTHER POSTS]

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