TNAG-1180-FCO40-1482-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 34

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FM HONGAID 1430 13.5.82

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TELNO HK734 OF 13.5.82

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MR JOHN HEYWOOD, SECURITY BRANCH FROM: HELEN YU, LONDON OFFICE

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES--ROLE OF BBC

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13.5.82

THANKS FOR COPY OF YOUR LETTER (126) IN CRE/4/4761/78 OF 5TH MAY TO WILLIAMSON. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE HELPED BBC OVERSEAS SERVICE: TWO VRS, RESCUED BY SOME FRENCH SHIP AND THEREFORE DESTINED FOR PARIS, WERE DIVERTED TO BRITAIN SO THAT THEY MAY WORK FOR THE BBC VIETNAMESE OVERSEAS SERVICE.

2. EVEN AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY THIS YEAR WHEN I SAW HIM AT BBC, LAWRIE BREEN (HEAD OF FAR EASTERN SERVICE) WAS TELLING HIS COLLEAGUES/STAFF HOW VERY GRATEFUL HE WAS TO THE HKG. I HAVE YET TO ASK ANYTHING OF HIM.

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IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR LETTER, I HAVE CONFERRED WITH PATRICK AND WE ARE MEETING LAWRIE ON 21ST MAY. FROM MY BRIEF CHAT WITH HIM, HE SOUNDED SYMPATHETIC.

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