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UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 191112Z JUN 81
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 615 OF 19 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
र्म
FG 2216
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, LISBON
RESCUE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON CHINESE ISLAND.
1. GIS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AT 1645 (LOCAL) ON 19
JUNE:
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'' MARINE POLICE THIS MORNING RESCUED 102 VIETNAMESE AFTER THEIR
BOAT SANK OF NUI T'OU ISLAND IN CHINESE TERRITORY.
THEY WERE FIRST SPOTTED STRANDED ON THE ROCKS BY A RHKA AF
AIRCRAFT ON ROUTINE PATROL YESTERDAY EVENING, WAVING AND SENDING
SMOKE SIGNALS.
FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, IT WAS
ARRANGED TO HAVE THEM PICKED UP BY MARINE POLICE AS THERE WAS NO
CHINESE VESSEL IN THE VICINITY AT THE TIME.
THE BOAT PEOPLE HAD BEEN STRANDED ON THE ROCKS FOR ABOUT 36
HOURS BEFORE THEIR RESCUE. THEIR GENERAL CONDITION WAS GOOD, EXCEPT FOR SEVEN CHILDREN - FOUR BOYS AND THREE GIRLS - WHO HAVE
BEEN ADMITTED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM EXPOSURE.
THE OTHERS WERE RETURNED TO CHINA THIS AFTERNOON VIA MAN KAM
TO BRIDGE WITH THE FULL COOPERATION OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
SEAD
HK & GD
MAED PS
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
NEWS D
INFORMATION D
PS/LPS
PS/MR RIDLEY PS/PUS
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO
MR RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISERS
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