BY
UNCLASSIFIED
From the Governor Hong Kong
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
To the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 16 SEP 1980
DESK OFFICER
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
Telegram Number 271 Saving of 9th September 1980 INDEX Repeated for information to Hong Kong Government Office ndon, Moduk(DS11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi,Washington, Ulmis New York, Peking, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok (ATI saving)
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My Saving Telegram No. 259: Vietnamese Refugees.
1. Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900 hours 9th September 1980:-
(Previous week's figures in brackets)
A. In UNHCR camps
B. Government Accomodation
and quarantine anchorage
C. Under detention
D. Total
Awilda
29,950
(29,807)
ра
1,675
( 1,905)
5,827
( 6,504)
37,452
( 38,216)
The numbers under detention represents the number of Vietnamese
Refugees who have been settled in China before coming to Hong Kong
illegally.
2. 10,255 refugees have arrived since 1st January 1980, the increase
of 105 since 2nd September is due to the arrival of three small boats
and the "Singwind" which rescued 20 refugees in South China Sea.
3. UNHCR has resettled 25,617 refugees since 1st January of which
248 in the past week.
MACLE HOSE.
LIMITED
SEAD
HK & JD UND OID NEWS) SIR.E. YOUDE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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