CONFIDENTIAL
GR 330
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 021118Z JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO. 7 OF 2 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE : UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON,
HKK 243 RECEIVED IN ESG12
-3 JAN
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PRIORITY : PEKING, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
INFO SAVING
: HANOI.
HUEY FONG.
1. A 59 YEAR OLD MAN DIED ON BOARD AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT. HIS BODY WAS REMOVED BY HELICOPTER TO PUBLIC MORTUARY THIS AFTERNOON. A FOST MORTEM WILL BE PERFORMED,
2. THIS MORNING DRY RATIONS FOR 3 MORE DAYS WERE SUPPLIED BY
HELICOPTER AND THE SHIP'S WATER TANKS WERE FILLED.
3. FIVE PATIENTS CERTIFIED AS FIT FOR DISCHARGE WERE RETURNED
TO THE SHIP THIS AFTERNOON.
4. THE MASTER WAS INVITED TO DISCUSS HIS SHIP'S MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS WITH THE CAPTAIN OF HMS MONKTON AND A SERVICES MEDICAL OFFICER THIS AFTERNOON.
5. AS REQUESTED HE WENT ON BOARD TOGETHER WITH A VIETNAMESE DOCTOR AND 2 NURSES. THE MAIN COMPLAINTS WERE SKIN INFECTIONS, EARACHE, DIARRHOEA AND BRONCHITIS. THE MASTER DESCRIBED HYGIENE ON BOARD AS VERY BAD. HE SAID THAT THE 200 CHILDREN LESS THAN 1 YEAR OLD PRESENTED A SPECIAL FEEDING PROBLEM.
6. THE MASTER WAS AGAIN ADVISED TO CONTINUE HIS VOYAGE TO TAIWAN.
HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SAIL FOR TAIWAN BECAUSE THE VIETNAMESE EX-MILITARY PERSONNEL ON BOARD FEARED REPRISALS THERE.
CONFIDENTIAL
THE MASTER
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