BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 251 SAVING OF 6 AUGUST 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON, MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS CENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, BANGKOK, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, BIS NEW YORK, UKMIS NEW YORK, PARIS, LISEON, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BURNE, DUBLIN, VIENNA, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA; CARACAS, BONN THEHOLY SEE, SEOUL, TOKYO, HANOI, WELLINGTON, MADRID, TEL AVIV, GEORGETOWN, BELMOPAN, ROME
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My saving telegram number 220: Vietnamese refugees in Hong
Kong
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Sitrep on 1 August 1981.
1. Total in Hong Kong 18,097 of which:
Awaiting resettlement: 15,147
In detention
: 2,950
July arrivals - direct from Vietnam: 1,436 of which 448
July departures
rescued at sea
by ships
See (55)
from China : 211
1,272
2. Resettlement destinations since January 1981 (July figures
in brackets) :-
USA (Direct)
9,187 (914)
USA (To Bataan)
3
UK
1,538 (60)
Canada
1,368 (93)
Australia
339 (25)
France
176 (123)
Hong Kong
49 (3)
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Netherlands
39
Switzerland
:
78 (39)
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