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FM UKREP BRUSSELS 301340Z JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 OF 30 JULY
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COMMUNITY FOOD AID TO VIETNAM
OLITICAL
FOLLOWING FOR POLITICAL ADVISER
IN EXECUTION OF THE 1978 FOOD AID PROGRAMME, THE COMMUNITY HAS SENT CERTAIN CUANTITIES OF FOOD AID TO VIETNAM, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION SUCH AS UNICEF OR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS.
ALTHOUGH THE TENDERS FOR SOME OF THESE DELIVERIES HAVE BEEN AWARDED AS ONG AGO AS DECEMBER THE DELIVERY OF CERTAIN LOTS IS STILL IN PROGRESS.
IN PARTICULAR A LOT OF 4 500 T. OF SKIMMED MILK POWDER AND
500 T. OF BUTTEROIL DESTINED VARIOUSLY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM AND UNICEF IS PRESENTLY ON BOARD A MERCHANT VESSEL CALLED 'VRONTADOS''. THE CAPTAIN OF THE VRONTADOS WHILE AWAITING DISCHARGE OUTSIDE HAIPHONG HARBOUR HAS SIGNALLED THAT HE IS RUNNING LOW ON FUEL AND IS THEREFORE SAILING FOR HONG KONG FOR BUNKERING. THE SHIP OPERATORS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT WISH TO RETURN TO HAIPHONG AND WISH TO DISCHARGE AND SELL THE CARGO.
TO PREVENT ILLEGAL SALE OF THESE GOODS AND TO ENSURE THE RAPID USE OF THIS HUMANITARIAN AID WE, ARE SENDING MR.ROBERT COLLING- WOOD OF FOOD AID DIVISION IMMEDIATELY TO HONG KONG TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE CARGO. (HIS EXPECTED TIME OF ARRIVAL IS 14.50 PM MONDAY 38TH JULY ON SWISSAIR FLIGHT N.304).
MR. COLLINGWOOD WILL BE
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