HKL 243/(
AECEIVED IN TO
30 APR 1990
No 51
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
GPS 130
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 290340Z APR 80
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 574 OF 29 APRIL
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INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MOD UK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.
MYTELNO 519: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 2900 29 APRIL 1980:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
36,477 (37,545)
4,609 41,086
(4,511)
(42,056)
FILES SEAD
2. 956 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 74 SINCE 22ND APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS. 3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,041 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 1,041 IN THE PAST WEEK
MACLEHOSE
HK & GD
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MAED
PS PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS=
SIR D MAITLAND
ADDITIONAL DISTN.
BOAT PEOPLE
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
[NOT ADVANCED]