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RECEIVES

PP SEOUL

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FM FCO 021630Z OCTOBER 79

TO PRIORITY SEOUL

TELEGRAM NUMBER 164 OF 2 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 213: MV ALARIC: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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INDEX

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1. YOU SHOULD INFORM THE KOREANS OF HONG KONG POLICY, AS

EXPLAINED IN HONG KONG TELNO 1352, STRESSING THE POINT IN THE

SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 2. YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT THE

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ONLY BEGAN TO REQUIRE GUARANTEES IN SUMMER

1979 WHEN THERE WERE ALREADY OVER 60,000 REFUGEES IN THE COLONY.

CARRINGTON

FILES

SEAD

NEWS DEPT

HK & GD

PS

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

UND

PS/LPS

FED

EID

PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

BOAT PEOPLE

PUSD

SIR A DUFF

OID IPD

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

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