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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
2 3 APR 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
བན་་
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
GRS 100
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 220900Z APRIL 80
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 547 OF 22 APRIL
PA
Aw 23/4
See
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA
HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR
SINGAPORE BANGKOK
MY TELNO 519: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 22 APRIL 1980:-
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNH
CR CAMPS
B. GOVERMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
37,545 (37,902)
4,511 (5,148)
42,056 (43,050)
2. 882 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF
99 SINCE 15 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,000 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH
1,109 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
IPD NEWS D
PS/LPS
PS/FX BLAKER PS/PUS
SEAD
HK v GD
PS
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
OID
MR MULLAY
MAGD
MR STRATTON
SIR.D.MAITLAND
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
ADDITIONAL DIST:
BOAT PEOPLE
LOND N.G.LENNOX
30