TNAG-1068-FCO40-1318-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 64

ADVANCES

BOAT PEOPLE

22

PS

PS/LDS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

線

«SER-AAGLAND- S.P.A. evelama

SIR E YOUDE

MR DONALD

LORD NG LENNOX

HD/UND

HD/HK & GD

HD/NEWS D

HD/SEAD

RESIDENT CLERK

My Momie

ми

wide

PS/NO 10 DOWNING STREET

MR WADE

PS/HOME SECRETARY

RM 754 Q.A.G.

нии 243/2

RECEIVED IT! BY NO. 51 13 MAY 1981

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

مر

PA

REGISTRY Action Take

£13.5

Pano 1315

GR 34

UNCLASSIFIED

FA SINGAPORE 9983397 KAY 81

ADVANCE COPY

IMMEDIATE

TO 1 VEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 99 OF 9TH MAY 1981

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: M. V. SETODA.

TELECON STITT/LESLIE,

1. ALTHOUGH WE HAD ASSURED THEM THAT GUARANTEE YOULD BE

ISSUED THIS VORNING, AGENTS HAVE INFORMED US THAT OWNERS INSTRUCTED MASTER TO SAIL FOR AMSTERDAM YITH REFUGEES ON BOARD

AT 2009 HRS LOCAL LAST NIGHT (3 MAY).

24 HE HAS TAKEN ON BOARD EXTRA SAFETY EQUIPMENT, FOOD AND

CLOTHING. THE SHIP LEFT BEFORE WE WERE AWARE OF OWNERS'

INTENTIONS OR COULD DISSUADE AGENTS.

HENNINGS

Let