TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 111

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FM SEOUL 1904292 JUN 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 109 OF 19 JUNE

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (COVERNOR) PEKING WASHINGjen GENEVA AND SINGAPORE

YOUR TELEGRAM 71

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

ROACHBANK

1. MFA HERE HAVE RECEIVED A SIMILAR REPORT FROM THE ROK EMBASSY IN TAIWAN, HOWEVER THEY SAY THAT THEIR INSTRUCTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT AND THAT THEIR EMBASSY DID PASS ON IN WRITING THE GUARANTEE FROM PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 67. THEY HAVE AGREED TO TELEGRAPH THE NEW GUARANTEE AND TO ASK FOR IT TO BE DELIVERED PROMPTLY IN WRITING.

2. THE REPORT FROM THE ROK EMBASSY IN TAIWAN SUGGESTS THAT THE TAIWANESE ARE LIKELY TO MAKE AN ISSUE OF THE COSTS INVOLVED IN ACCOMMODATING THE REFUGEES ONCE THEY ARE ALLOWED ASHORE, THE TAIWANESE HAVE APPARENTLY ASKED THE KOREANS WHO WILL PAY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RUNNING OF A TRANSIT CAMP.

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FILES SEAD

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SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR. CORTAZZI

MR. LEAHY

MR.MURRAY

COPIES TO:

HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON

MR.WOODFIELD

MR. BURLEIGH

MR. HILLARY

ILI MR. BIRT

MR.V.MCGEE

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