SAVING TELEGRAM
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BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 116 OF 2ND APRIL, 1981,
OPY
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
LUCK 243/1
See (19)
RECATED IN ALMISTRY NO. 51
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 100 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 1ST APRIL 1981;
INDEX
Ne
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
14,502 (16,377)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
2,503 (1,618)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
14 APF 1931
PEDISTRY
Jon Taken
fasibly
D. TOTAL
727005
2,458 (2,446)
19,463 (20,441)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE
COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 1,268 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THE
INCREASE OF 64 SINCE 24 MARCH 1981 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL
OF 5 SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 6,078 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 1,053 IN THE PAST WEEK.
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
CSEA
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
FED
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS
PS/LPS
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/PUS
COPIES TO:
LEGAL ADVISER
MR RUSHFORD
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX