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HKK 24311

1979

HKK 243/4

RECEIVED IN RIGSTAT NO. 51

20 MAY 1980

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FM HONG KONG 190456Z MAY 80

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 647 OF 19 MAY

FOR WILLIAMSON FROM FORD

WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP IN ANSWERING A QUERY FROM A

RESPONSIBLE AUTHOR OF A FORTHCOMING BOOK ON VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES. IN JULY 1979 THE SHIP ''SEA VIEW'' THREATENED TO

APPROACH HONG KONG WITH A COMPLEMENT OF REFUGEES. THE FCO

CALLED IN A SENIOR VIETNAMESE DIPLOMAT TO MAKE A FORMAL PROTEST.

WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW PLEASE WHO WAS SUMMONED, HIS GRADE AND (BRIEFLY) THE FLAVOUR OF THE OCCASION.

MACLEHOSE

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HK2G D

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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