BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 39 SAVING OF 10TH FEBRUARY, 1981,
HKR 243/1
RECEIVED
SYRY NO. 51
1 7 FEB 1981;
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
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AEGISTRY Action Taken
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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMISEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS.
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 33: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 10TH FEBRUARY 1981:
See
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
19,145 (19,063)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
930 (1,069)
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
2,418 ( 2,417)
TOTAL
22,493 (22,549)
C. UNDER DETENTION
D
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE
COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 276 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 3 FEBRUARY 1981.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 1,933 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 61 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
(MR RUSHFORD)
SEAD
LEGAL ADVISERS
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
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
[NOT ADVANCED]