BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 SAVING OF 6 JANUARY 1981
HKK 341/ 243/1
KA LIVED IN REGISTRY NO.
1 5 JAN 1981
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
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दिन
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
ник 243/1 (64) : 1980
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO: 397: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900HRS 6 JANUARY 1981:-
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A:
IN UNHCR CAMPS
B:
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C:
UNDER DETENTI ON
D:
TOTAL
20,935
(21,002)
681
(687)
2,408
( 2,408)
24,024
(24,107)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2.
11,173 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 22 SINCE 30 DECEMBER 1980 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE BOAT ON 31 DECEMBER.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 37,468 REFUGEES IN 1980 AND 50 SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
LEGAL ADVISERS
(MR RUSHFORD)
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
FS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/FUS
SIR E YOUDE
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT AD MANOED
NEWS D
MAED
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX