GR 170
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 111034Z JAN 79
HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTAY RO. $1 12 JAN 1979
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TO IMMEDIATE VILA
TELNO.1 OF 11 JANUARY,
DESK OF IDEN INDEX
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INFO IMMEDIATE: CANBERRA, F.C.O, UKMIS GENEVA
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CANBERRA TELNO.18 TO F.C.O: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES.
1. HONG KONG PRESS IS ALSO CARRYING A SIMILAR STORY. IN THE
VERSION PUBLISHED HERE A MR RICHARD KING IS SAID TO BE A DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTRALIAN BASED ROMAN CATHOLIC FATIMA INTERNATIONAL AND
HE IS QUOTED AS HAVING PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF CHIEF STEVENS.
ARRIVED IN HONG KONG 'TO OFFER NEW HOMES TO ALL THE 2,700 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON BOARD THE FREIGHTER HUEY FONG'.
2. HE IS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THIS IS A CONCRETE OFFER TO
THE REFUGEES' AND 'IF THESE PEOPLE COME TO THE NEW HEBRIDES THEY
CAN HAVE CITIZENSHIP'.
3. UNDERSTANDABLY THIS ARTICLE HAS CREATED SOME INTEREST HERE
REGARDING A POSSIBLE PLACE TO WHICH THE REFUGEES ON THE HUEY FONG
MIGHT GO.
4. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW URGENTLY WHETHER
THIS OFFER CARRIES WITH IT ANY AUTHORITY FROM THE JOINT ADMINISTRATION. WE ASSUME THAT IT DOES NOT AND THAT WE CAN SAY SO WITH YOUR AUTHORITY. WE WOULD IN ANY CASE APPRECIATE YOUR EARLY COMMENTS ON THIS REPORT AND ADVICE ON THE LINE THAT WE
SHOULD TAKE.
MACLEHOSE
PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS FS/MR LUARD
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
FILES
UND
PS
HI & GD
SEAD
FED
SAD
EID (E)
FUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
MR CORTAZZI
MR WEIR
MRMURRAY
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONIC MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE
MR BIRT
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON
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