wide circulation. Yours Sincerely and most respectfully, Michael J. Clarke Executive Director Trojan Horse International C.M. Copies furnished: BOC Director Ricardo B. Macala Hon. Under Secretary Jose C. Calida. Appendix 26 The Story of The Redeemer By Alastair Sutherland
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The Redeemer story starts in 1979 when Denys Collins was Captain of Logos One and Maurice Ditty was the Chief Officer and on a transit of the China Sea when some boatloads of Vietnamese victims were found in distress at sea from exposure, attacks by pirates and lack of water, food etc. In those days after the Communists had taken over all the population those who were educated and could speak French and read and write were enemies of the state and persecuted, so those with money in gold banded together and fled in small boats to sea. Pirates raped and murdered them for their gold etc and preyed upon them, and the Logos came upon a clutch of boats overcrowded in bad weather, which had reached a point of desperation. They took them on board to be treated, but during the night the boats capsized and the people, about 100 or so, were left on board and nobody wanted them to land in their territory. This caused a problem, and Maurice and Denys began to get the idea to go for a ship of their own. As time went on and Maurice and Denys left The Logos and Maurice met up with some of the refugees from the ship who ended up in England. Maurice started a project in London, which led to caring for street people as well as helping the refugees and purchased a house in Woolwich. After some 6 or 7 years of work there and after several attempts to find a suitable ship Maurice finally decided upon the Castor one of seven similar vessels built by the Dutch government after the war. The vessels were designed to serve as offshore pilot vessels while also doubling as naval vessels and were very strongly built and well appointed. The Castor was the first one to be built and was also designed, so I am told, to take the Royal family to safety in event of the cold war exploding into the third world war. The house in Woolwich was sold and this paid for the purchase of the ship, which was renamed Redeemer and the work of the ship started shortly after with a voyage towards Vietnam. However the ship never reached there and remained in the Mediterranean being based at Malta, which was the first stop after leaving England. Several forays were made over the next ten
