BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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3 NOV. 198 1
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 351 OF 27TH OCTOBER, 1981 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS 11), UYMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKLIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PAR
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 346 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 27 OCTOBER 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
PARIS
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314
pay3/11
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
8,789 (9,785)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,896 (4,036)
·
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
3,199 (3,192)
See 170
D. TOTAL
16,884 (17,013)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 11,468 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH
1,730 RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 59 SINCE 20
OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 3 BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 16,594 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 204 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
HK & GD
FED
SEAD
UND
NEWS D
INFORMATION D
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD N GORDON LENNOX