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INFO SAVING SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, FCO
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: YOUR TELNO 18 TO SINGAPORE
1. ARRIVALS IN MALAYSIA IN MAY 1521. THIS REPRESENTS DROP OF 282 COMPARED TO APRIL.
2. IN 1980 LARGEST NUMBER OF REFUGEES (2466) ARRIVED IN JUNE. 1981 PEAK (5320) REACHED IN MAY. ARRIVAL TREND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DOWN- WARD. THIS MAY REFLECT REACTION TO CHANGE IN US IMMIGRATION CRITERIA AND INCREASING USE OF 0.D.P. PROVIDING THERE IS NO SUDDEN INCREASE THIS MONTH AND ARRIVAL FIGURE DOES NOT EXCEED 2,000, IT SEEMS LIKELY CURRENT TREND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL OCT/NOV, WHICH IN PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ARRIVALS.
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