TNAG-0880-FCO40-1090-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 37

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FM HONG KONG 081125Z FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TEL 0.234 OF 8 FEBRUARY,

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INFO IMMEDIATE : UKMIS GENEVA, MANILA,

PRIORITY : WASHINGTON, PEKING, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE,

JAKARTA, OTTAWA, PARIS, CANBERRA, BONN, VIENTIANE, UKMIS NEW YORK, MODUK, H.K.GOVT OFFICE LONDON,

INFO SAVING

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1,

REFUGEE SHIPS: 'SKYLUCK'.

THE VESSEL REMAINS UNDER POLICE CONTROL OFF LAMMA ISLAND.

OLY FOUR PEOPLE HAD TO BE HOSPITALISED YESTERDAY AND TWO TODAY. A START HAS BEEN MADE TO COUNT HEADS AND TO OBTAIN FAMILY PARTICULARS. THE MASTER'S COUNT IS 2,730 REFUGEES.

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IT NOW SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE SKYLUCK' IS THE SAME SHIP, REPORTED AS THE 'KY LU', WHICH ON 1 FEBRUARY DEPOSITED 606 REFUGEES

ON PALAWAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. AN INSPECTION OF THE SHIP'S NAME

INDICATED THAT SOME LETTERS MAY HAVE BEEN OBSCURED AND RE-PAINTED.

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