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TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 207 SAVING OF 23 JUNE 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG HONMENT OFFICE VLOVICIE MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NUNYOR, PEKING MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAFT PANCION
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 200 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 23 JUNE 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
12,731 (12,758)
3,845 ( 2,950)
DADTO AMSTERDAM
REQSTAY
Action Taken
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4,072 ( 3,392)
20,648 (19,100)
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THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
INCLUDED IN B ABOVE ARE 1,140 LIKELY EX-CHINA
KONG ILLEGALLY.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
2. 7,110 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,014
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 1,883 SINCE 16 JUNE
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1,791 IN 36 BOATS AND THE MVS 'EVELYN
MAERSK', DANISH FLAG AND 'EUPLECTA', BRITISH FLAG, WHICH PICKED
UP 69 AND 23 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,798 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 260 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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