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MDLIAN 8591

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TO PRIORITY HANOI

TELNO 29

OF 22090OZ MARCH 90

INFO ROUTINE FCO, UKMIS GENEVA

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION

1. UNHCR HAVE REQUESTED DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE FOR DRAGONAIR (BOEING 737) FLIGHTS TO LAND AT HANOI ON 3, 10, 19 AND 26 APRIL. THE AIRCRAFT WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON THE SAME DAY IN EACH CASE. DETAILS OF THE FLIGHTS ARE :

FLIGHT NUMBER : KA 3253

KA 9252

CAPTAIN AND CREW :

AIRCRAFT TYPE :

CALLSIGN :

PURPOSE OF FLIGHT :

ITINERARY CALL DATES) :

(INBOUND) COUTBOUND)

SEVEN

BOEING 737

AS FLIGHT NUMBER VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION

KA 3253 ETD HONG KONG 1215 (LOCAL)

ETA HANOI

KA 9252 ETD HANOI

1340 (LOCAL)

1440 (LOCAL)

ETA HONG KONG 1815 (LOCAL)

2. EACH FLIGHT WILL CARRY APPROXIMATELY 120 PASSENGERS PLUS THE CREW. WE ARE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF USING AN L/D 11 (TRISTAR) RATHER THAN A 737 FOR THE 26 APRIL FLIGHT. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS TO ABOUT 250. WE WILL NOTIFY YOU OF THE CHANGE IF THIS ARRANGEMENT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE.

WILSON

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