SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 242 SAVING OF 30 JULY 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.
40
UKK. 243h
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. $1
10 AUG 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 237 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
PA
Mas
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 28 JULY 198 7:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
10.8
REGISTRY
Action Taken
147
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
11,024 (11,052)
See
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,091 (4,233)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
3,378 (4,501)
18,493 (19,786)
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. 8,732 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,429
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 120 SINCE 21 JULY
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 5 BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,447 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 221 IN THE PAST WEEK.
CATER
LIMITED HKqGD
FED SEAD
UND
SIR E. YOU DE
MR DONALD MR. GOODISON
UNCLASSIFIED
COPIES TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON.
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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