Saigon, and Peking. All parties concerned unanimously gave their consent to the Hong Kong government's decision to deport the Vietnamese refugees. " Nor did the Peking government offer any protest after the deportation. The only government that condemned the move was the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam. Vuong Hoa Duc, the South Vietnamese consul-general in Hong Kong, promised that the refugees would "not be severely punished, the penalties will be very light. They will not be given the death sentence. But the young men of draft age will be inducted into the army. " These promises were soon broken. According to a dispatch from United Press International, "this group of refugees is now imprisoned at Con Son Island, sixty miles off the coast of South Vietnam." (Hong Kong Standard, June 26.) The Saigon consul-general denied this report. The Hong Kong government pretended to be concerned, imploring the British ambassador in Saigon to investigate the matter, but it also expressed doubt at the accuracy of the report. Later, however, the report's accuracy was confirmed.
118 Vietnamese Refugees Deported from Hong Kong to Saigon
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