TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 233

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F.C.0. 01151OZ SEP 79

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TO HIMEDIATE TOKYO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 462 OF 1 SEPTEMBER

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INFO PEKING, WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG, OTTAWA,

PARIS, UKHIS NEW YORK.

FROM RESIDENT CLERK

YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 477

REFUGEES: MV RUDD BANK

1. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT YOU MAY, IS SO PRESSED BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES, GIVE A GUARANTEE THAT WE SHALL ACCEPT IN THE

UK THOSE REFUGEES WHO CANNOT BE SETTLED ELSEWHERE. YOU SHOULD NOT OF COURSE VOLUNTEER THIS INFORMATION AS IT IS STILL OUR EXPECTATION THAT THE JAPANESE WILL STANDBY SONADA'S UNDERTAKING, WE NEVERTHELESS HOPE THERE WILL BE NO PUBLICITY ABOUT SUCH A GUARANTEE IF IT HAS TO BE GIVEN. MEANWHILE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE JAPANESE TO HELP RE-SETTLE THE REFUGEES.

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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

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MR MURRAY

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