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ADVANCES:

BOAT PEOPLE

PS

PS/LPS

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PS/LR HURD

PS/ER BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY

MR LEAHY HD/UND

HD/HK & GD BD/LVD

HID/NEWS DEPT

HD/SEAD

BD/N AM D

RD/EESD

AD/01D)

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CLERK

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HONG KONG GOVERMENT OFFICE

LONDON

MR WOODFIELD

MR BURLEIGH HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR HILLARY ...

M BIRT HOME OFFICE

LUNAR HOUSE CROYDON

MR.V. McGee, FAO,OFA,

NO 10 DOWNING STR (2)

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RA UZMIS NEW YORK

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM ISLAMABAD 199727Z JUNE 79

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 344 OF 17 JUNE

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INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA AND UKMIS NEW YORK.

SAVING TO KUALA LUMPUR, PARIS, MOSCOW, UPREP EEC, HANDI, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, MANILA AND SINGAPORE.

YOUR TEL NO 256: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

I CALLED ON BRIGADIER ASHRAF, DIRECTOR-GENERAL EAST ASIA IN THE MFA, ON 9 JUNE AND SPOKE ACCORDINGLY,

2.

ASHRAF SAID THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE

PAKISTAN AVBASSADOR ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH CORTAZZI AND THE

MATTER WAS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION. THE IMMEDIATE REACTION

WAS POSITIVE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNAT-

IONAL CONFERENCE COULD DE SUPPORTED. THE MALAYSIAN PREDICAMENT

ALGO PROVIDED GROUNDS FOR PAKISTAN TO HELP MOBILISE SUPPORT ON

AN ISLAMIC BASIS FOR INITIATIVES TO TAC LE THE RESETTLEMENT