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FM HONG KONG 290914Z JUN 79
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 888 OF 29 JUNE
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INFO PRIORITY TOKYO, MANILA, BRUNEI, JAKARTA, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, HANOI, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON.
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
SK YLUCK.
1237
Lee(1239)
لعام
UICKLY
AT 1000 THIS MORNING THE ANCHOR CHAINS ON SKYLUCK WERE EITHER
CUT OR ALLOWED TO RUN OUT BY. THOSE ON BOARD AND SHE DRIFTED OUT
FROM HER ANCHORAGE. THE EFFORTS OF POLICE AND MARINE DEPARTMENT
TUGS TO SAVE HER WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE AGGRESSIVE ACTION OF THE
REFUGEES WHO REFUSED TO TAKE LINES, HURLED MISSILES AT ANY
APPROACHING VESSELS AND THREATENED TO HANG THE CAPTAIN. SHE QUICKLY
RAN AGROUND ON THE NORTH WEST OF LAMMA ISLAND WHERE SHE IS
NOW HOLED AND APPEARS TO BE BREAKING UP IN A ROUGH SEA. A MAJOR
RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY. SO FAR 2,100 OF THE 2,600 REFUGEES
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ASHORE AND IT IS HOPED TO BRING THE REMAINING
50% OFF IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS. ONLY ONE FERSON HAS BEEN INJURED.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO TRANSFER THE CAPTAIN OFFICERS
AND CREW AND RESUCED REFUGEES TO CHI MA WAN DETENTION CENTRE DURING
THE NIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, PENDING POLICE ENQUIRIES.
MACLEHOSE
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
X. AM D
SAD
EID
PUSD
OID
IND
NEWS D H & VD
PS PS/LPS PS/MR.HURD
PS/MR.BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
STR A PARSONS
MR.CORTAZZI
MR.MURRAY
MR.STRATTON
REPETITION TO HANOI
REFERAED FOR DODAQTN&ITAL DECISION, RAJGATED AS REQUESTED
TO OTHER. POSTS
ADDITIONAL DISTN.
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