SAVING TELEGRAM
101
BY
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 122 SAVING OF 7th APRIL 1981
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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NODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON TIMIS NEW YORK, PERING, MANTIA, NICK 24311
JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 116 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES..
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1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 7TH APRIL 198T
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
RRCHYED IN REGISTRY NO. 57
14 APR 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
No
: PA
Mas
REGISTRY Action Taken
is Pemibly
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
14,405 (14,502)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
2,487 ( 2,503)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
2,459 ( 2,458)
See
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19,351 (19,463)
D. TOTAL
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE
COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 1,511 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THE
INCREASE OF 243 SINCE 1 APRIL 1981 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL
OF 8 SMALL BOATS.
3.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 6,414 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 336 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
MINIMAL
HK & GD
SEAD
[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]