TNAG-1044-FCO40-1294-Violation-of-Vietnamese-territorial-waters-by-Hong-Kong-citi-1981 — Page 5

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1. THE WIFE OF THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL (LAI KAU

3(C)

IN MY TUR), WHOSE NAME IS GIVEN AS LAM TAT HOA, HAS APPARENTLY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HK RED CROSS, WHO HAVE CONSULTED GENEVA, WHO IN TURN HAVE CONSULTED ICRC REPRESENTATIVE IN HANOI (GERMOND). GERMOND IS CONTENT FOR US TO TAKE THE LEAD AND TO TREAT THIS AS A CONSULAR CASE. YOU MAY WISH TO REASSURE RELATIVES IN HONG KONG.

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GENEVA TELEGRAM MENTIONS SEVEN PEOPLE, EXCLUDING

(D) KWOK KOU, BUT INCLUDING CHEUNG YA KAU, AGED 60, NATIONALITY

NOT KNOWN. HONG KONG MARINE DEPARTMENT CASE NUMBER IS GIVEN

AS A/RBX 210.

FISHING VESSEL NUMBER SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT -M6

1262A (MY TUR M61-122A).

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