SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
UN ESSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVINGS 333 OF 28th JULY, 1982
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVINGS TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON. WASHINGTON.
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 319 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 27 JULY 1982
HER 243/2
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
8,118 (8,160)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
2,385 (2,520)
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C. UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
487 ( 486)
↑ 1318
D. UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CAMP POLICY)
1,351 ( 727)
E. TOTAL
12,341 (11,893)
тор сову
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO
HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, AND THOSE DETAINED SINCE INTRODUCTION
OF NEW CLOSED CAMP POLICY ON 2 JULY 1982.
2. 5,683 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 327
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 624 SINCE 20 JULY
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 24 SMALL BOATS.
3.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 7,478 REFUGELS SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 182 IN THE PAST WEEK.
ง HADDON-CAVE
LIMITED
HKOG D
FED
SEAD
UND
NEWS D
PS
PS LORD BELSTEAD
PS / PUS
MR DONALD
MRURE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED