TNAG-0889-FCO40-1099-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 168

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4. IT WAS LEFT THAT THE PORTUGUESE WOULD NOW STUDY THE

REQUESTS CORTAZAI HAD MADE AND LET US HAVE THEIR REACTION. 1 FEAR HOWEVER, THAT THE IMPENDING GOVERNMENT CRISES WILL INHIBIT DECISION- TAKING FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THAT WE MAY

NOT THEREFORE RECEIVE MUCH EFFECTIVE SUPPORT FROM THEM.

FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING ADDRESSEES.

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