SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
Hick 24311
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
08 JAN1981
DESK OFICER.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 397 SAVING OF 30th DECEMBER 1980 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON GISTRY MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANELA Taken JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 394:- VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
AWS
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 30th DECEMBER 1980 (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS) ·
LAST PAPER
A.
IN UNHCR CAMPS
21,002 (20,908)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
697 (479)
C.
UNDER DETENTION
2,408
(2,651)
D.
TOTAL
24,107 (24,038)
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
11,151 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, 1980. THE INCREASE OF 54 SINCE 23rd DECEMBER, 1980 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE BOAT.
2.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 37,383 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 1 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
LEGAL ADVISERS
HK & GD
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PUSD
(MR RUSHFORD)
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/MR RIDLEY
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD N G LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
PA
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