SAVING TELEGRAM
Y BAG :
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TOCOPY
.06.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 254 SAVING OF 11th AUGUST, 281 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING MANILA,JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 246 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 11 AUGUST 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
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A. IN UNECR CAMPS
10,492 (10,711) -
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,682 (4,538)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
2,984 (2,950)
18,158 (18,199)
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. 9,522 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,534
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 190 SINCE 4 AUGUST
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 158 IN 6 BOATS AND THE MV 'BENAVON'
UK FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 32 REFUGEES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,215 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 299 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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LIMITED
HK & GD
FED
SEAD
UND
MR DONALD MR GOODISON
(THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT. ADVANCED]
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE,
LONDON
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