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INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, JAKARTA,
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1, REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 15 MAY 79.
3571-17 May.
(A) UNDER UNHCR CARE
7,758.
(B)
AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR
19,127.
(C) ON BOARD 'SKY LUCK'
2,662.
see (661
(683)
(D) TOTAL
29,547.
nome for east 2 days
3001400
2. 27,244 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHOM 18,019
CAME IN SMALL BOATS. IN FIRST FOURTEEN DAYS OF MAY, 6,577 REFUGEES ARRIVED BY SMALL BOATS: EASILY HIGHEST MONTHLY FIGURE SO FAR THIS YEAR (JANUARY 2,077 + 3,318 EX-HUEY FONG, FEBRUARY 2,901 + 2,651 EX-SKY LUCK, MARCH 3,114, APRIL 6,143).
3.
UNHCR HAS SENT 3,200 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE
1 JANUARY.
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