TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 9

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FM HONG KONG 260951Z JUN 79

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.865 OF 26 JUNE,

INFO PRIORITY: TOKYO,

ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

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YOUR TELNO.441 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON JAPANESE SHIPS.

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1. IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH REFUGEE ARRIVALS OUTNUMBERING

DEPARTURES BY 12 TO 1, WE CAN GIVE NO UNDERTAKINGS CONCERNING

OCEAN-GOING VESSELS WHICH BRING REFUGEES TO HONG KONG.

2. IN EXPLAINING THIS TO THE JAPANESE, WE SUGGEST YOU POINT OUT THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HONG KONG TO TREAT SHIPS REGISTERED

IN JAPAN IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM ONES REGISTERED IN THE U.K, SUCH

AS THE 'SIBONGA'.

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SIR A PARSONS

MR. CORTAZZI MR. LEAHY

MR.MURRAY

MR.STRATTON

COPIES TO:

HONG KONG GOVT.OFFICE LONDON

MR.WOODFIELD)

MR.BURLEIGH

MR. HILLARY MR.BIRT

MR.V.MCGEE

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