2431
HKCIC 243
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 09 APR 1980
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
REGIS Action T
Aw 914
PA.
GR 120
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 0807482 APR 82
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 493 OF 8 APRIL
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,
KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.
MY TELNO 472: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 8 APRIL 1980:-
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
38,316 (38,936)
5,597 (5,278)
43,913 (44,214)
2. 777 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 95 SINCE 1 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF TWO SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,007 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH
417 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MAED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
PS
PS/IPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/PUS-
SIR D MAITLAND
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTN.
BOAT PEOPLE
26