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HANOI

HONG KONG TEL NO 235 (NOW REPEATED TO EEC POSTS):

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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Mr Cortazzi Mr Murray

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Please pass to the Americans for their background information the details of the Huey Fong affair in

Hong Kong TUR. You should stress the need for this

information to be handled in strict confidence to

avoid prejudicing the prosecution case in Hong Kong.

2. EEC posts may at their discretion pass the

information on the same conditions to their host

Governments if they feel that this would be helpful in re-inforcing the human rights case against Vietnam. (Paragraph 6 of Paris tel No 81, not to Hong Kong, refers)