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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.
Series
Department of Technical Co-operation and successor: Aid Co-ordination and Aid Policy...
Catalogue reference: OD 36
What's it about?
OD 36
Records in the AID series produced by the Aid Co-ordination Department (1966-1969) and its successors the Aid Policy Department (1969-1975) and the Development Co-ordination Department (1975-) deal with policy on the terms and condition under...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successor: Aid Co-ordination and Aid Policy Department: Registered Files (AID Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in the AID series produced by the Aid Co-ordination Department (1966-1969) and its successors the Aid Policy Department (1969-1975) and the Development Co-ordination Department (1975-) deal with policy on the terms and condition under which development aid was supplied, and the co-ordination of aid with other donor states and organisations.
This is a new series of files started in 1964-1966.
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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)
- AID file series
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Overseas Development, Aid Co-ordination Department, 1966-1969
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Aid Policy Department, 1969-1970
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Aid Policy Department, 1974-1975
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Development Co-ordination Department, 1975-1979
- Overseas Development Administration, Aid Policy Department, 1970-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 458 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1992 Overseas Development Administration
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Aid Co-ordination Department (from 1969 the Aid Policy Department) dealt with questions relating to the co-ordination of UK aid with aid policies of other donor countries, aid work performed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Commonwealth Development Corporation, and liaison with the select committee on overseas development.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11407/
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