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FM HONG KONG 190507Z JUN 80
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 171 OF 19 JUNE
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
19 JUN 1980
INFO FCO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE ONDO BESKR INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA
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INDEX
YOUR TELNO 398 TO FCO (NOT TO ALL): CAL
IMMIGRATION AND VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
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RUSISTRY Action Taken.
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ON CHINESE MINISTER-
UP TO 18 JUNE 4,878 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED THIS
MONTH, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 271.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES VIA CHINA
2. AS CF. TODAY 881 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVING THIS MONTH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS COMING FROM CHINA, COMPARED WITH 472 DIRECT ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIETNAM. 9 BOATS WITH 722 REFUGEES
ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
3. WE HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED ONE BOAT WHICH ARRIVED ON 14 JUNE WITH
IN GUANGX!. THOSE ON BOARD 16 REFUGEES AS COMING FROM BEIHAI CLAIMED TO HAVE LEFT VIETNAM IN LATE 1978. SOME MORE SMALL BOATS UNDER INVESTIGATION ARE ALSO SUSPECTED OF COMING FROM BEIHAI. WE
BELIEVE THERE ARE UP TO 1,000 SMALL BOATS THERE WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN INTEGRATED INTO FISHING COMMUNES WITH ACCOMMODATION ON LAND
AREA IF IT IS NOT DEALT WITH . THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM
QUICKLY.
4. ONE BOAT WHICH ARRIVED YESTERDAY WITH 141 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON BOARD WAS THE FIRST IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS TO COME DIRECT TO HONG KONG RATHER THAN VIA MACAU. IT CAME FROM SHUNDE (7311/1795) IN FOSHAN PREFECTURE, GUANGDONG. SOME OF THE REFUGEES WERE FROM DAWANG FARM ( A SOURCE OF MANY ARRIVALS LAST YEAR) WITH OTHERS FROM BOLUO AND HUIYANG COUNTIES IN GUANGDONG AND ALSO FROM FARMS IN GUANGXI AND FUJIAN. THE REFUGEES SAID THEY HAD COME BECAUSE OF
RUMOURS THAT WESTERN COUNTRIES WERE ACCEPTING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OVERSEAS. THEY MADE NO ATTEMPT TO PRETEND · THAT THEY HAD COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM.
5. THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT ABCUT 90 OVERSEAS CHINESE FROM INDONESIA LIVING IN FARMS IN GUANGDONG HAVE REACHED MACAU ON BOATS BOUGHT BY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING ADDS MACCEHOVE
FILE S
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MAED 7VD
LEGAL ADVISERS
(MR RUSHFORD) PS PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/PUS
MA-STRATION
YL MURRAY
SIR D MAITLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE
Coples
HONG KONG Goor ofFICE
CONFIDENTIAL.
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