SAVING TELEGRAM
156
BY BAG
INCLASSIFIED
ROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 278 SAVING OF 9TH SEPTEMBER 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MYND. ST MODUK (DS 11), UKMS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING MANILA 81 JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS,
DESK OFFICER
PA
NO
21/9.
RMISTRY Action Taken
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 273 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 8 SEPTEMBER 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
10,054 (9,882)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,649 (4,966)
See/57
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
3,177 ( 3,133)
17,880 (17,981)
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. 10,743 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,534
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS.
THE INCREASE OF 192 SINCE 1 SEPTEMBER
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 10 BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 14,774 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 308 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
HK & GD
FED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
SEAD
UND
NEWS D
INFORMATION D
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PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
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MR DONALD
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