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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO, 5 OF 1 MARCH 1979
REPEATED IMMEDIATE TO FCO
PRIORITY MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON
SAVING TO HANOI, CANBERRA.
POSSIBLE REFUGEE SHIP: LUCKY DRAGON''.
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IN CASE YOU HAD NOT HEARD, WE REPORT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER POTENTIAL REFUGEE SHIP WITH DECLARED DESTINATION HONG KONG, THOUGH WE UNDERSTAND US CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG ARE AWARE.
2. WE LEARNT ON 28 FEBRUARY FROM US EMBASSY THAT-THEIR AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED THAT THE ''LUCKY DRAGON'', 7497 GROSS REGISTERED TONS, OWNED BY HONG CHOON HING ENTERPRISES SA PANAMA AND SAILING UNDER THE PANAMANIAN FLAG, IS PLANNING TO PICK UP 3303 REFUGEES OFF SAIGON AND PROCEED TO HONOLULU.
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3, US EMBASSY WERE INSTRUCTED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER LUCKY
INSTRUCTED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER DRAGON' WAS IN SINGAPORE (IT WAS) AND, IF SO, TO REIVEST SINGAPORE AUTHORITIES TO PREVENT ITS DEPARTURE. SINGAPOREANS INVESTIGATED BUT REPLIED THAT SINCE PAPERS WERE IN ORDER THEY . COULD NOT INTERVENE. LUCKY DRAGON'' SAILED ON 26 FEBRUARY,
4. OUR OWN INVESTIGATIONS REVEAL THAT LUCKY DRAGON' DISCHARGED 2257 TONS OF TRANSHIPMENT CARGO HERE AND IS NOW IN BALLAST.
IT SAILED WITH DECLARED DESTINATION HONG KONG AT 1708 HOURS LOCAL ON 26 FEBRUARY, MASTER IS CONRADO C. SELOTERIO, WE CONSULTED MFA WHO TOLD US THAT ALTHOUGHT THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO PREVENT SHIP'S DEPARTURE THEY HAD:
(A) CAUTIONED MASTER BOTH THROUGH PANAMANIAN CONSUL AND THROUGH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS THAT HE SHOULD NOT DIVERT TO VIETNAM (HE DENIED ANY SUCH INTENTION) AND WARNED HIM OF SEVERE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES IF HE TRIED TO OFFLOAD REFUGEES ANYWHERE
IN THIS REGION:
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