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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA KUALA LUMPUR JAKARTA WASHINGTON CAN
MANILA BANGKOK OTTAWA SINGAPORE BONN
MY TELNO 1: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: STATISTICS FOR FRANCE,
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1. THE QUAI STILL DO NOT HAVE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF REFUGEE INTAKE BY COUNTRIES OF DEPARTURE AND ETHNIC ORIGINS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1979. THEIR REVISED GLOBAL FIGURE FOR THAT PERIOD IS 4,800. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE INFLUX THIS MONTH (SEE PARA 2 OF MY TUR).
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2. THE ONLY FIGURES THE QUAI HAVE BY COUNTRIES OF DEPARTURE IS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1975 TO 09 JULY 1979, AS FOLLOWS:
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FROM VIETNAM
15,304
FROM CAMBODIA
15,602
FROM LAOS
21,403
TOTAL
52,469
ACCORDING TO THE QUAI, RECENT ARRIVALS BRING THE TOTAL TO OVER
54,000.
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NEWS D M & VD
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MR FRETWELL
HK & GD
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PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS
STR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX MR BULLARD
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