TNAG-0878-FCO40-1088-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 141

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

ник 243

RECEIVED IN REGIST NO. 51 15 JAN 1979

GPS 134A

EN CLAIR

FM VILA 120603Z

INDEX

RE

RY

Action

on

fatt

UNCLASSIFIED

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 028 OF 12 JAN 1979

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, CANBERRA, PRIORITY PARIS AND MANILA, SINGAPORE AND WELLINGTON,

VIETNAM

REFUGEES

103

(91)

१०

Re Robin's

HONG KONG TELNO 1 TO VILA AND CANSERRA TEL NO 18 TO FCO REFER.

enquiry

1.

I love by 600

FOO PLEASE REPEAT MY TELNO 20 TO HONG KONG AND CANBERRA BOTH IMMEDIATE.

Kuna

2. THE MAEVO COUNCIL OF CHIEFS AND THE CHAIRMAN OF MAEVO LOCAL COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT ON 10 JAN SAYING THAT MAEVO ISLAND WAS

NOT PART OF THE NAGRIAMEL FEDERATION AND THAT JIMMY STEPHENS NO AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE OF MAEVO.

HAD

3. MR TOM ECK RECENTLY VISITED VILA AND SANTO BUT HE IS NOT RESIDENT IN THE NEW HEBRIDES. CAPT. MARTIN IS NOT KNOWN TO US. 4. NAGRIAMEL IS NO MORE THAN A SMALL FAILED SEPERATIST MOVEMENT. ITS INFLUENCE NOW HARDLY EXTENDS BEYOND AN AREA OF NORTH EAST SANTO ISLAND ON WHICH IT IS BASED.

5. THE NEW HEBRIDES GOVERNMENT HAS MADE NO OFFER TO ACCEPT THE REFUGEES AND ANY SUCH PROPOSAL WOULD, OF COURSE, REQUIRE THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE TWO METROPOLITAN POWERS..

FCO PLEASE PASS ALL

STUART

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

FILES UND

HK & GD

PS

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/R LUARD

PS/PUS

SEAD

FED

SAD

SIR A DUFF

EID (E)

MR CORTAZZI

PUSD

MR WEIR

OID

IPD

MR MURRAY

NEWS D

MVD

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

MR BIRT

LONDON

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE

CROYDON

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