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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE See 16
TELNO.20 OF 3 JANUARY,
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNO.7 : 'HUEY FONG''
1. REUTERS FROM TAIPEI CARRIED A REPORT THIS MORNING THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSEAS CHINESE AFFAIRS COMMISSION HAD SAID THAT THE TAIWAN AUTHORITIES WILE NOT ACCEPT THE 2700 REFUGEES ABOARD THE HUEY FONG. THIS DECISION, IF CORRECT, RUNS COUNTER TO TAIWAN'S PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTOOD PRACTICE.
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2. WE ARE CHECKING THE VALIDITY OF THIS REPORT. WE HAD OF COURP REGARDED CT AS UNLIKELY THAT THE TAIWANESE WOULD RESPOND POSIT
ESPECIALLY AS THE MASTER OF THE HUEY FONG HAD MISREPRESENTED POSITION TO TAIWAN.
3. THE LONGER THE HUEY FONG STAYS OFF HONG KONG THE MORE DIFFICUL IT BECOMES TO GET HER TO CONTINUE ON HER JOURNEY. IF THE REL
PEPORT 13 CONFIRMED IT WILL CLEARLY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE MAS
TO MOVE. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE REASONABLE WELL-BEING OF THOSE
BOARD IT WILL DE NECESSARY TO CONSIDER MOVING THE SHIP TO A MO
SHELTERED ANCHORAGE WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS.
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