BY BAS
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UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 346 SAVING OF 21 OCTOBER 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS, FRANKFURT
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 338 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 20 OCTOBER 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
9,785 (9,760)
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B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,036 (3,969)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
3,192 (3,191)
17,013 (16,920)
D. TOTAL
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 11,409 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,730 RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 185 SINCE 13 OCTOBER IS UDE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 3 BOATS AND THE GERMAN OWNED M.V. 'H.K. EXPRESS', WHICH PICKED UP 12 REFUGEES IN THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 16,390 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
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WHICH 103 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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PS MR LUCE PS PUS SIR. A. ACLAND
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MR DONAN) LORDING. LENNOX
COPIES TO HONG KONG YOUT
OFFICE!
LONDON,
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