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TELEGRAM NUMBER 185 OF 27 JANUARY
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, MANILA,,
HONG KONG COVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, OTTAWA.
MY TELNO 168: HUEY FONG.
THE PICTURE THAT IS EMERGING AS A RESULT OF CONTINUING POLICE
QUESTIONING OF THE CAPTAIN AND CREW INDICATES THAT THE HUEY FONG
PROBABLY LEFT BANGKOK WITH ONLY ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND PROCEEDED TO THE PRE-ARRANGED MEETING POINT REFERRED TO
IN PARA 2 OF MY REFTEL. IT SEEMS THAT AT THAT POINT THEY WERE
MET BY A VESSEL WHICH LED OR DIRECTED THEM TO A POSITION 15 MILES FROM VUNG TAO. THERE THEY MET A VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT.
VESSEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED THE MEKKONG RIVER DELTA, AT A POINT
ABOUT 1 MILF OFF SHORE THE REFUGEES WERE EMBARKED ON 17 AND 19 DECEMBER. THE HUEY FONG LEFT ON THE EVENING OF 18 DECEMBER FOR THE CATWICK ISLANDS FROM WHERE THEY MADE THEIR FIRST RADIO CONTACT
WITH HONG KONG SAYING THAT THEY HAD PICKED UP REFUGEES ETC.
2. THE POLICE ARE REASONABLY SURE THAT THEY ARE NOW GETTING THE TRUE VERSION OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION IS
OF COURSE SUB-JUDICE. ENQUIRIES ARE CONTINUING.
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