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INFO F.C.0.
YOUR TELNO.44: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
OF 21 BOATS ARRIVING HERE FROM 21ST AUGUST TO 4 SEPTEMBER, ONLY SEVEN (ALL FROM NORTH VIETNAM) CLAIMED DEPARTURE DATES BEFORE THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. DEPARTURES SINCE THEN CLAIM TO
HAVE LEFT CLANDESTINELY, AND ALL HAVE BEEN ETHNIC VIETNAMESE, OR CHINESE MARRIED TO VIETNAMESE. HOWEVER, OF APPROXIMATELY
1900 ARRIVALS BETWEEN THESE DATES, ONLY SOME 300 HAVE COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM, ALL FROM THE CENTRE OR THE SOUTH. THE REMAINDER ARE INDIRECT ARRIVALS, AFTER PERIODS OF VARYING LENGTH
SPENT IN CHINA ON THE WAY.
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