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GR 245
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 841155Z JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO. 34 OF 4 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE : UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON,
HKK 243/1
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PRIORITY : PEKING, CANBERRA, MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,
BANGKOK, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUX
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MY TELNO 24: HUEY FONG: SITREP AT 0416007.
1. AN AUTOPSY ON THE MAN WHO DIED ON 1 JANUARY (PARA 1 OF MY
TELNO 7) SHOWS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS. A POST MORTEM REPORT WILL FOLLOW
2. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH WERE THAT THE PORT CONTROL
OFFICE RECEIVED INFORMATION AT 1925 HOURS LOCAL ON 1 JANUARY
THAT A 59 YEAR OLD MAN WAS DANGEROUSLY ILL. SEA CONDITIONS
PRECLUDED GOING ALONGSIDE. AT 2020 HOURS THE MASTER WAS ASKED FOR
FURTHER DETAILS. HE REPLIED AT 2211 THAT THE MAN WAS LOSING BLOOD
BY HAEMATEMESIS AND HAD A LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. A GOVERNMENT
DOCTOR ADVISED AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION TO HOSPITAL AND TWO RAF
HELICOPTERS WERE ON THEIR WAY TO THE VESSEL WHEN NEWS WAS RECEIVED
THAT THE MAN HAD DIED. THE HELICOPTERS NEVERTHELESS CONTINUED
THEIR JOURNEY TO THE SHIP AND ACCOMPLISHED THE SKILFUL AND
HAZARDOUS EVACUATION OF TWO OTHER PATIENTS WHO WERE SAFELY
CELIVERED TO HOSPITAL.
2. MEDICAL ATTENTION CONTINUES TO BE PROVIDED ON A DAILY BASIS.
REFUGEES ARE RETURNED TO THE HUEY FONG FROM HOSPITAL WHEN THEY
APE DECLARED FIT.
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