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FM CANBERRA 180230Z JAN 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 003 OF 18 JANUARY

INFO FCO, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA

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YOUR TELNO 113 TO FCO : INDO-CHINA REFUGEES

HKK 243/1

19 JAN 279

PA

10. 51

Action on

lalıl CLE

No. 19/11

1. A VESSEL CALLED 'LUCKY'' IS KNOWN TO AUSTRALIANS.

ON 14 DECEMBER AUSTRALIAN HC IN KUALA LUMPUR REPORTED SIGHTING ON 12 DECEMBER BY POLICE FROM MERSING VESSEL NEAR PULAU TENGAH CARRYING ABOUT 1000 REFUGEES. ALTHOUGH SOME DISTANCE AWAY VESSELS NAME WAS THOUGHT TO BE ''LUCKY**

2. HASTINGS OF U.S. EMBASSY; MANILA ALSO TOLD AUSTRALIANS THAT ACCORDING TO REFUGEE REPORTS TUNG AN WHICH ARRIVED MANILA 26 DECEMBER WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED ''LUCKY'',

3. DFA DO NOT KNOW YET WHAT TO MAKE OF THESE REPORTS BUT HAVE ASKED THEIR MISSIONS IN KUALA LUMPUR AND MANILA TO MAKE FURTHER ENQUIRIES.

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