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In April 1975 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) was under siege by North Vietnamese troops. These evacuees, shown leaving an RNZAF Hercules at Whenuapai airbase, had a quicker and easier journey than those who were to follow them. Most languished for years in camps before being accepted as refugees in western countries such as New Zealand.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP-Politics-Immigration-Refugees-05
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