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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.
Piece
Hong Kong
Catalogue reference: CAB 11/196
What’s it about?
This record is about the Hong Kong dating from 1936 in the series Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee.... 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)
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CAB 11/196
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Date (When the record was created)
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1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hong Kong
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Closed For 50 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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
- Asia
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4057189/
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Series information
CAB 11
Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee...
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
134,539 records
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
264 records
Within the series: CAB 11
Colonial Defence Committee, and Committee of Imperial Defence, Colonial Defence Committee...
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Hong Kong
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