BY BAG
UNCLASS TED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON, TELEGRAM NUMBER 226 SAVING OF 14th JULY 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA,HANOI,WASHINGTON, UKLIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA,SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS, AMSTERDAM
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 222 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 14 JULY 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
Нки 24311 RECEIVED 1997Y 36. 51
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DESK OFFICE
INDEX
PA
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Action Takan.
No MoS 23 TILL fo~3/2
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
11,015 (11,052)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,155 ( 3,951)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
5,415 (5,348)
See (4.5
D. TOTAL
20,585 (20,351)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 8,256 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,395
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 432 SINCE 7 JULY IS
DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 342 IN 13 BOATS AND THE MVS 'DRAGOER
MAERSK', DANISH FLAG, 'BARON STAR', PANAMANIAN FLAG AND CHEVALIER
VALBELLE', FRENCH FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 5, 50 AND 35 REFUGEES
RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,022 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 202 IN THE PAST WEEK.
CATER
LIMITED
HK & GD
FED
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
COPIES TO:
SEAD
UND
SIR E YOUDE
MR DONALD MR GOODISON
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
LONDON