GPS 200
RESTRICTED
NKK 243
RESICTED
FROM F C O 171215Z OCT 79
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 841 OF 17 OCTOBER.
INDEX
RECEIVED RRYMA 51
19 OCT 1979
DESK OFFICER
REGISTRY
PA
Action Takan
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. MR DAVID PRICE MP (CONSERVATIVE FOLLOWING ORAL PQ:
EASTLEIGH) HAS TABLED THE
"HOW MANY VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE REACHED THE COLONY OF HONG KONG IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS: AND IF HE WILL MAKE A
STATEMENT'.
2. WE PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
"THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVING IN HONG KONG IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS IS AS FOLLOWS:
1785A
я её
nee 1780
AUGUST: 3,247
SEPTEMBER: 2,581
OCTOBER (FIRST THREE WEEKS): (X)
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REFUGEES (IN HONG KONG AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ON 22 OCTOBER WAS (Y)"'.
SINCE THE QUESTION IS UNLIKELY TO BE REACHED, SUPPLEMENTARIES
ARE NOT REQUIRED.
3. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENT, AND UP TO DATE FIGURES FOR (X) AND
(Y) ABOVE DESKBY 2309002.
CARRINGTON
FILES. HKGD.
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