GPS 1250
UN
ASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 2303002 JAN 8Ø
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 133 OF 23 JANUARY
HKK 24311
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 25 JAN1980
PA
DESK OFFICIA
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Aw 2511
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS-11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING ROUTINE MANILA
JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.
MYTELNO 90: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 22 JANUARY
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES
IN BRACKETS):
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
38,118 (38,460)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES
14,246 (16,223)
C. TOTAL
52,364 (54,683)
2. 72 (10) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVE SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF
62 SINCE 15 JANUARY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 1,521 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 685 IN THE PAST WEEK.
1725 2310
4. DURING THE PAST WEEK 1,725 BOAT REFUGEES WERE RETURNED TO CHINA. THEY HAD ARRIVED IN 1979 CLAIMING TO HAVE COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM BUT SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SETTLED IN CHINA AND LATER LEFT ILLEGALLY FOR HONG KONG. THE FIGURES IN PARA 1 ABOVE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS.
54 683
52364
MACLEHOSE
FILES
SEAD
Psi pus
ARGO
SIRD MAITLAND
LOND
FED
MR MURRAY
LORD
NG LENNOX
EID
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OID
1PD
NEWS
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
2318
ADDIMONAL DISTRIBUMON
BOAT
PEOPLE