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DESKBY FCO AND MODUK 231100Z
FM HONG KONG #31050Z JUL
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 840 OF 3 JULY, 1983
INFO IMMEDIATE MODUK, PEKING AND HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON.
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M 1 P T: HMT CLARE
1. FOLLOWING IS STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE ISSUED ONLY IF THERE
ARE PRESS QUERIES:-
**H.M. TUG CLARE WAS ON PATROL ON ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
DUTIES ON THE MORNING OF 3 JULY WHEN SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN
INCIDENT WITH A CHINESE COASTGUARD VESSEL. THE CHINESE CRAFT
STOPPED HMT CLARE AFTER SHE HAD APPARENTLY SAILED INADVERTENTLY
INTO CHINESE WATERS. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHINESE CRAFT THE
TWO SHIPS PROCEEDED TO AN ANCHORAGE IN THE VICINITY OF DA CHAN
ISLAND. AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF STATEMENTS HMT CLARE RETURNED TO
BASE.'
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