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DRAFT
LETTER
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret, Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
To:-
The Lord Inverforth
The Bank Line Ltd
Baltic Exchange Buildings
21 Bury Street LONDON EC3A 5AU
PRIVACY MARKING
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In Confidence
DSR 11
Type 1 +
From
Lord Privy Seal
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
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Thank you for writing so frankly to me in your letter
of 25 May, about the difficulties facing the Bank Line as
a result of the humanitarian action of the masters of your
vessels the m.v. "Sibonga" and the m.v. "Roachbank". I
have also seen a copy of your subsequent letter, of
30 May, to the Prime Minister.
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I understand that you and other representatives of the
British shipping industry are to call on the Secretary of
State for Trade on Tuesday 5 June, to discuss these matters,
and that the Department of Trade have sent you an interim
reply one points you raised. I am particularly glad
that the problem of the refugees on the m.v. "Sibonga" is on
the way to a solution, and can assure you that we have been
working hard on the problem of the m.v. "Roachbank".
The refugee problem has reached such dimensions that
only international action may be able to contain it. That
is why the Prime Minister has called for a special conference
on the matter, under United Nations' auspices. We shall do
our utmost to see that the conference comes to practical
conclusions.
Dd 0532000 800M 5/78 HMSO Bracknell
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