*
GR 155
HKK 243
RECOVER
(738)
CLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG #20981Z OCT
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1364 OF 2 OCTOBER, 1979
HNDEX
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON AND UKMIS NEW YORK, INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
MY TELNO 1331: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 2 OCTOBER, 1979:
A. UNDER UNHCR CARE
B. IN GOVERNMENT CAMPS AND QUARANTINE
ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
36,309 ·
28,944 65,253
A
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2. THE 1979 ARRIVAL FIGURE GIVEN IN MY TUR HAS BEEN ADJUSTED
TO 72,417 DUE TO A RE-COUNT. 1 BOAT WITH 93 HAS ARRIVED SINCE 25
SEPTEMBER, BRINGING THIS YEAR'S ARRIVAL FIGURE TO 72,513.
3. UNHCR HAS SENT 12,934 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1
JANUARY, 1979,
CATER
FILES
SEAD
KK & GD
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
TED
END
PUSD
OID
IPO
NEWS D
IS
PS/LPS
DC/R BLAKER
PS/FUS
SIR A RE
KIR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR SURATTON
TOND # G LENHOX