TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 20

GR 110

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 282803Z SEP 79

TO ROUTINE BONN

TELNO.11 OF 28 SEPTEMBER,

HKK 243/1

REQUIVES

DECK

INFO F.C.0,

A

1730

1

STUTTGART.

YOUR TELNO.9 : PUBLICITY ABOUT HONG KONG REFUGEES.

1. THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL HERE HAS NOT HEARD THAT SPAETH

INTENDS TO TRANSIT HONG KONG ON HIS WAY TO OR FROM CHINA.

IF

HE DOES, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT HE COULD STAY HERE FOR AT LEAST

A DAY TO LOOK AT THE REFUGEE PROBLEM.

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2. IF SPAETH HAS NO PLANS AS YET TO COME VIA HONG KONG, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO INVITE HIM TO DO SO AND TO SPEND, SAY, TWO DAYS HERE AT OUR EXPENSE.

3.

GRATEFUL IF STUTTGART COULD DISCOVER SPAETH'S INTENTIONS

AND PASS ON THE INVITATION IF APPROPRIATE.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

WED

OID

NEWS D

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

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