TAX 24311
TERSA
1 135
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 28384CZ AUG
RECELER
INDE
10.14 77
HKK 2431
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1214 OF 28 AUGUST, 1979
INFO FRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE
LONDON
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.
00938)
MY TELNO 1191: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1598A
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 28 AUGUST, 1979:
A. IN UNIICR CARE CAMPS: 36,174.
B. IN GOVERNMENT CAMPS: 30,617
C* TOTAL: 66,791.
see (1653) 16689
2. 74,063 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF 953 SINCE 21 AUGUST, 1979 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 8 SMALL
BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 0,927 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1
JANUARY, 1979.
MACLEHOSE
FILE S
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
N AM D
SAD
MAED
EID
FUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
PS
PS/LUS. FG/MR HURD P3/MR BLAKER
FS/FUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI ·
MR MURRAY MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTRINUTION
BOAT FEOPLE