BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
1 HKK 2.43
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 511
2 2 DEC 1980
TELEGRAM NUMBER 390 SAVING OF 16th DECEMBER 1980CER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK TEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE BANGKOK, PARIS Azzlık
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO 370: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 16th DECEMBER 1980:-
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. UNHCR CAMPS
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C.
UNDER DETENTION ́
D.
TOTAL
21,127
(21,918)
1,093
( 1,008)
2,650
( 3,012)
24,870
(25,938)
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 11,097 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, 1980. THE INCREASE OF 17 SINCE 9 DECEMBER 1980 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE BOAT.
3.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 36,522 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 738 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
SEAD
LEGAL ADVISERS
HK & GD
(MR RUSHFORD)
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PUSD
INFORMATION D
PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
NEWS D
MAED
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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