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GRS 550
UNCLASSIFIED
HONG KONG 2211552 VAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 153 OF 22 JANUARY
Hak 243/1
AND TO IMMEDIATE BUENOS AIRES, CANBERRA, ENNA, BRUSSELS SRASILIA, OTTAWA, COPENHAGEN, PARIS, DONE, DUNKY
THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, WASHINGTON.
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON. INFO ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, MANILA, BANGKOK, PEKING.
INFO SAVING HANOI.
MIPT.
FOLLOWING IS TEXT (MIPT PARA 5) CIRCULATED AT THE
POLITICAL ADVISER'S MEETING.
BEGINS.
RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM.
THE FOLLOWING LIST RECORDS THE RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG SINCE
1975.
THREE FIGURES ARE GIVEN AGAINST EACH DESTINATION: A IS THE TOTAL NUMBER WHO HAVE LEFT FOR EACH DESTINATION UP TO 22 JANUARY 1979: B IS THE NUMBER ACCEPTED FROM THE DANISH FREIGHTER ''CLARA
MAERSK '' WHICH ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN MAY 1975 WITH 3,743 REFUGEES ON BOARD: C IS THE NUMBER ACCEPTED SINCE JANUARY 1978.
THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE A NUMBER OF REFUGEES FLOWN DIRECTLY TO THEIR RESETTLEMENT DESTINATION AFTER A VERY SHORT PERIOD IN TRANSIT THROUGH HONG KONG. THESE HAVE BEEN DEFUGEES. GENUINELY RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS WHOSE FIRST PORT OF CALL WAS NOT
HONG KONG. THERE WERE URGENT HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS FOR THESE
EXCEPTIONS.
THE LIST DOES NOT RECORD THE NUMBER OF RESETTLEMENT FLACES AT PRESENT ON OFFER TO REFUGEES ALREADY UNDER UNHCR CARE IN HONG
KONG OR REFUGEES ALREADY PROCESSED FOR RESETTLEMENT BUT WHO HAVE
NOT YET LEFT HONG KONG.
/DESTINATION!