GR 110
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 18082ØZ SEP
HKK 243/1
INDEX
120 IN REGISTRY NO. 51
20 SEP 1979
OFASTR
RES ctión Taken
s
1697
PA
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1300 OF 18 SEPTEMBER, 1979
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,
WASHINGTON AND UKMIS NEW YORK, INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.
676 MY TELNO 1266: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 18 SEPTEMBER, 1979:-
see (1712
A. UNDER UNHCR CARE:
B. AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR:
C. TOTAL:
36,608
32,777
68,385.
2. 73,202 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE
OF 609 SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER, 1979 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 3 SMALL
BOATS AND THE NEDLOOYD 'STEENKERK''
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 10,495 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY, 1979.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
EESD
NAM D
SAD
MAED
EID
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
PS PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR BULLARD
MR FERGUSSON
MR FRETWELL
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE
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