GPS 250
UNCLASSIFIED
HKCK 243|1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
27 MAR 1980
DESK OFFICER
RECISTRY
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INDEX
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Action Taken
Aw 27/13
FM HONG KONG 2509552 MARCH 80
TO PRIORITY FCQ
TELEGRAM NUMBER 444 OF 25 MARCH
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11)
UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING INFO ROUTINE
MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK
MY TELNO 415: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900-25 MARCH 1980:- (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
39,152 (38,960)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
5,430 (6,195)
44,582 (45, 155)
2. 623 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF
140 SINCE 18 MARCH IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAAS RESETTLED 9,146 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 724 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
FILES SEAD
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
PS
PS/LPS
ADDITIONAL DISTN.
BOAT PEOPLE
PS/MR BLAKER
HK & GD
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MARD
PS/PUS
SIR D MAITLAND
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
MR STRATTON
LORD NG LENNOX
MR RUSHFORD (LEGAL ADV.)
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