95
CLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 240849Z JUL 79
HKK 243
1449
$
•DANCE
PA
DESK OFFER INDEX
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1050 OF 24 JULY,
INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK,
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,
1.
ROUTINE : PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,
SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.
MY TELNO.1024: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1409
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 24 JULY 1979:
NIK
24/7
A) UNDER UNHCR CARE
15,718
2.
(B) AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR 50,787 (C) TOTAL
66,425
66,485 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,
THE INCREASE
OF 609 SINCE 17 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF TEN SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 5,716 (INCLUDING 924 EX-'SIBONGA') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79.
MACLEHOSE
MR FERGUSSON
HR FRETWELL
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
BESD
NAM D
SAD
EID
NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS PS/XR HURD PS/ER BLAKER
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
PUSD
OID TPD
MR CORTAZZI
MR STRATTON
།
LORD NG LENNOX MR BULLARD
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE