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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1074 OF 28 JULY
INFO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, STOCKHOL UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HANOI, PEKING,BIS NEW YORK; UKM N
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INFO SAVING MADRID, BERNE, OTTAWA, BUENOS AIRES, VIENNA, BRUSSELS,
PARIS, BONN, TEL AVIV, ROME, THE HAGUE, WELLINGTON, COPENHAGEN, OSLO.
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STOCKHOLM TELNO 107 TO YOU (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVAL STATISTICS.
1. PARA 5 OF REFTEL ASKED FOR RECENT ARRIVAL FIGURES HERE. THESE SHOW A MARKED REDUCTION FROM MID-JULY. ARRIVALS 1 TO 15 JULY WERE 7,587: DAILY AVERAGE 484, FROM 16 TO 27 JULY THE TOTAL WAS 1,441: DAILY AVERAGE 122.
2. GRATEFUL IF YOU AND COPY ADDRESSEES WOULD EXPLAIN THAT IT IS LIKELY TO TAKE LONGER HERE THAN ELSEWHERE TO SEE THE FULL EFFECT OF ANY REDUCTION IN THE OUTFLOW OF BOAT REFUGEES: ABOUT HALE OF THOSE REACHING HONG KONG ARE FROM THE NORTH, NEARLY ALL ON SAILING JUNKS WHOSE VOYAGE CAN TAKE A MONTH OR LONGER.
3. CANBERRA PLEASE PASS TO SIR JACK CATER.
4. FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO ALL.
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