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The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis
In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.
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Spacelab
Catalogue reference: OD 6/1837
What’s it about?
This record is about the Spacelab dating from 1982 Mar 05 - 1984 Nov 30 in the series Directorate of Overseas Surveys: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 6/1837
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982 Mar 05 - 1984 Nov 30
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Description (What the record is about)
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Spacelab
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DOS 82/288/406/04 PART 1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Aid and development
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11117531/
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Series information
OD 6
Directorate of Overseas Surveys: Registered Files
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