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BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
ELEGRAM NUMBER 164 SAVING OF 12 MAY 1981
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS 11),UKRIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKLIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS, OSLO
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 156 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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RECHVE
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 12TH MAY 198
INDEX
243/1
1 8 MAY 10'!
...
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
CCF
PA
P: USTRY Action Takej.
Pas 1815
13,833 (13,959)
7
:
2,337 ( 2,050)
5
·See (30
2,888 ( 2,765)
PA
19,058 (18,774)
mercan
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
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REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALI-Y.
2. 3,337 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981.
INCREASE OF 521 SINCE 5 MAY 1981 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 13
BOATS AND THE MV "BARBER TOBA", MV "CHEVALIER VALBELLE" AND
THE USS "CAYUGA" WHICH PICKED UP 18, 93 AND 78 REFUGEES IN
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
189.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 8,600 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 253 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
PS
FED
PS/LPS
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/FUS
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COFIES TO:-
MR RUSHFORD LEGAL ADVISER