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SCCRET UK EYES ALPHA

SEORET

FM CANBERRA 160010Z JAI 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

INFO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 086 OF 16 JANUARY

·48)

PERSONAL FOR POLITICAL ADVISER

HKK 24

243/1

(77)

No

MY TELHO 002 AND YOUR TELNO 001 TO HANOI: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. 1. AUSTRALIAN INSTRUCTIONS (PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR) REFERRED TO NEED

TO PROTECT

ON WHICH

IMIGRATION MINISTER'S STATEMENTS WERE BASED. INFORMATION IN SECOND TUR IS HARDER THAN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER HERE. OUR ENQUIRIES INDICATE THAT DEPT OF IMMIGRATION VIEWS ARE BASED LARGELY ON REFUGEES REPORTS WHICH OTHER GOVERNMENTS DO NOT NECESSARILY REGARD

AS RELIABLE,

2. IF YOU STILL WISH US TO PURSUE OUR ENQUIRIES SIGHT OF AUSTRALI AN TELEGRAM FROM HANOI WOULD BE USEFUL.

TERRIT

FILES

'UND

HKJG T

SEAD

PS

PSILOR P GORONWY-

Poppes !

COPY

THIS IS A COPY THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN

CLOSED UNTIL

UNDER FOI

ROBERTS

EXEMPTION No ..3..............

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SIRA D'U F F

MR CORTAZZI

MIL WEIR

MA MURRAY

SEORET