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FM KUALA LUMPUR 060310Z JULY 79
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 247 OF 6 JULY
INFO BANGKOK JAKARTA MANILA
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SINGAPORE GOV HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA
WASHINGTON CANBERRA OTTAWA PARÏS BONN BIS NEW YORK
TOKYO AND MANOI
HONG KONG TELNO 308. [sic]
REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA.
1. ACCORDING TO UNHCR ON 30 JUNE THERE WERE 74,817 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA, INCLUDING 9,166 ON BEACHES AND NOT IN CAMPS. 6,886 ARRIVED IN JUNE.
2. THE MALAYSIAN TASK FORCE SAY THAT THERE WERE 4,535 DEPARTURES
IN JUNE AS FOLLOWS:
USA
- 2,771
FRANCE
79
AUSTRALIA
900
HONG KONG
3
BELGIUM
4
NEW ZEALAND
14
CANADA
715
U K
9
SWITZERLAND
40
TOTAL DEPARTURES FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 1979 WERE 24,003.
HUNT
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
SAD
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D M & VD
PS PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY
MK STRATION
ADDITIONAL DISTN
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