BY BAY
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM TH GOVERNOR HONGKONG
SAVINGS TELEDRAM
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 172 of 20th MAY 1981
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFTEN MODUK(DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PERING JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR,SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS,COPENHAGEN, CANBERRA
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TRY NO. 51 TÂY 821
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 164 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 LOCAL ON 19 MAY (PREVIOUS WEEK IN BRACKETS)
A: IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D: TOTAL
DISK OFFICER INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Take
13,916 (13,833)
2,122 (2,337)
3,092
(2,888)
19,130
(19,058)
PG02715
PA.
THOSE UNDER DETENTION ARE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAD BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING ILLEGALLY TO HONG KONG.
2. 3,740 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 774 RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 403 SINCE 12 MAY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 186 REFUGEES ON 5 BOATS AND THE MVS "CHEVALIER ROZE",FRENCH FLAG, AND "ADRIAN MAERSK". DANISH FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 199 AND 18 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 8,953 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 353 IN THE PAST
WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
FK & GD
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE STR A ACLAND MR DONALD
MR GOODISON
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO:- MR RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISER
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT 'ADVANCED
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