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TO ROUTINE F.C.O.
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 527 OF 4 MAY, 1979 INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, PARIS, BONN AND HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON. INFO SAVING OSLO, BERNE, THE HAGUE, COPENHAGEN, WELLINGTON, THE HOLY SEE, TOKYO, BIS NEW YORK, SEOUL, ROME, BRUSSELS AND STOCKHOLM.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: MONTHLY SITREPS.
1. BECAUSE OF DELAYS BY THE UNHCR ACCEPTING, REGISTERING AND PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR REFUGEES ARRIVING HERE, FIGURES CIRC- ULATED BY UNHCR GIVE A QUITE INADEQUATE ACCOUNT OF THE BURDER HERE.
TO ENABLE POSTS IN ACTIVE AND POTENTIAL RECIPIENT COUNTRIES TO KEEP UP PRESSURE FOR MORE PLACES TO BE FOUND FOR REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, WE PROPOSE SENDING A MONTHLY SITREP ON THE LINES OF M.I.F.T. IN THIS CASE RELEVANT FIGURES FOR JANUARY TO MARCH HAVE ALSO BEEN
INCLUDED.
2. PROVIDED YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, GRATEFUL IF POSTS IN ASEAN UND
CAPITALS WOULD USE THESE FIGURES AS APPROPRIATE TO REMIND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND MEDIA OF THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM HERE. GRATEFUL ALSO FOR CORRESPONDING MONTHLY DETAILS WHERE AVAILABLE FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. THESE WOULD ENABLE US TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION MORE ACCURATELY THAN IS POSSIBLE FROM
UNHCR FIGURES.
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