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FM HONG KONG 0302532 JUL 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.984 CT 3 JULY,
YOUR TELNO.466 INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES : P.Q.
:
1. ON 3 JULY THERE WERE 59,718 BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN HONG KONG AWAITING RECETTLEMENT.
2. THE FIGURES IN MY TELNO.759 REMAIN VALID.
MACLEHOSE
FILES SEAD
ik & GD
NEWS D M & VD
ADDITIONAL DISTN.
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
EESD
N AM D SAD
EID
PUCD OID IPD
PS PS/LPS
PS/HK.HURD PS/MR.BLAR-
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS MR.CORTAZZI
MR. MURRAY MR. STRATTON
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