TNAG-0886-FCO40-1096-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 124

3. IN ADDITION, FIRST REPORTS FROM THE REFUGEES PICKED UP BY THE SIBONGA INDICATE THAT THEY PAID A TOTAL OF 4,000 TAELS OF GOLD TO VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS BEFORE THEY LEFT. THIS TOO IS INFORMATION WHICH WE SUGGEST MIGHT BE USED IN SPEAKING TO THE VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALSO CONVEYED TO THE UNHCR,

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