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GR 90
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 210546Z AUG 79
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1191 OF 21 AUGUST,
IND
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INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK,
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
1.
ROUTINE : PEKING HANOI MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR,
SINGAPORE BANGKOK.
MY TELNO.1153 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
(367)
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 21 AUGUST 79:
A. UNDER UNHCR CARE
35,526
AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR 31,159
HKK 243/1
B
C. TOTAL
2.
66,685.
+
69,118 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.
THE INCREASE
OF 492 SINCE 14 AUGUST 1979 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF EIGHT SMALL
BOATS AND THE 'SEROOSKERK'.
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 8,075 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1979.
MACLEHOSE
FILE 8
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
#AM D
SAD
MAED
EID
PUSD
OID. IPD
NEWS D MVD
PS
PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS
BIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE