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GRS 100
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 310548Z JUL 79
TO PRIORITY F CO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1036 CF 31 JULY
HKK 243/i Hkk
DESK
DAW
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK.
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK,
MY TELNO 1050: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1490
8
see (1526 1527)
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 31 JULY 1979 :
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A. UNDER UNHCR CARE
17,343
B. AWAITING ACCEPATANCE BY UNHCR
49,290
C. TOTAL
66,663
2. 57,311 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF 826 SINCE 24 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 12 SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 6,324 (INCLUDING 924 EX-'SIBONGA'') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1979.
MACLEHOSE
7
FILES SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
SAD
EID
FUSD
OID
IPD MAED
NEWS D M & VD PS
PS/LPS PS/KR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF.
SIR A PARSONS MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY KR STRATTON
MR BULLARD
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE
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