3.9
BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 222 SAVING OF 9th JULY 1981
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA,SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, FARIS, HAGUE
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 216 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 7 JULY 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
11,052 (11,286)
3,9513,751)
15003
5,348 (5,212)
нык 243/1 RECEIVED IN SYRY NO. 51 2 0 JUL 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
No Mas 20 JT PG20/2
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
20,351 (20,249)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 7,824 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,305
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 414 SINCE 30 JUNE IS
DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 123 IN 4 BOATS AND THE MVS "ANDHIKA
TARANUGA", INDONESIAN FLAG, "PO YAN", LOCAL OWNED, "CHENG TU",
SINGAPOREAN FLAG AND "NEDLLOYD DEJIMA", DUTCH FLAG, WHICH PICKED
UP 40,42,2 AND 207 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 11,820 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
·3.
OF WHICH 319 IN THE PAST WEEK.
CATER
LIMITED HKEAD FED SEAD UND NEWSD
INFORMATIOND
PS
PS/LPS PS MR RIDLEY PS|PUS
SIR.E. YOUDE
SIR.A. ACLAND
MRDONALD
KORD.NG. LENNOX
See (43
COPIES TO.. HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE
LONDON.
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
UNCLASSIFIED