Y BAG
Unclassified
From the Governor Hong Kong
To The Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Telegram Number 156 Saving of 6 MAY 1981
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RECEIVED IN PERY NO. 51 1 2 MAY 1981
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Repeated for information Saving to Hong Kong Covernment office folder, MODUK (DS 11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi, Washington, Ukmis New York, Peking, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Paris
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 147 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 5TH MAY 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
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13,959 (14,289)
See (29)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
2,050 (2,804) 16000.
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
2,765 (2,526)
18,774 (19,619)
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THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 2,816 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THE
INCREASE OF 233 SINCE 28 APRIL 1981 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF
7 BOATS AND THE USS HEPBURN WHICH
PICKED UF 55 REFUGEES
IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.
8600
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 8,347 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
253
WHICH 1,094 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
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/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO:-
ME RUSHFORD LEGAL ADVISER