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FM HONG KONG @91121Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1428 OF 8 DECEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE: UKMIS GENEVA
PRIORITY: WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON,
INFO SAVING
• HANOI, PEKING.
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MY TELNO.1437 : INDO-CHINA REFUGEES :
DRAFT HONG KONG STATEMENT.
1. THE UNHCR'S NOTE (HCR/CSEA/2) SHOWS HONG KONG WITH THE THIRD
HIGHEST TOTAL IN THE REGION OF BOAT REFUGEES ARRIVING SINCE
AUGUST 1975 SEMI-COLON AND, AT PRESENT, WITH THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER AWAITING RESETTLEMENT. (IN BOTH CASES THE FIGURES FALL
FAR SHORT OF THE APPALLING ONES FOR MALAYSIA). THESE FIGURES DO NOT, OF COURSE, INCLUDE 3743 WHO ARRIVED (MOST ON THE 'CLARA
MAERSK IN MAY 1975) BEFORE THE UNHCR ASSUMED ACTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
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IT IS SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN THAT HONG KONG HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY
GOUT EM SE OTURO KEVADATO AND DISPLACEN BERSOME