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TELELETTER
FROM P J WILLIAMSON, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT, FCO
FILE REFERENCE
DATED 1 FEBRUARY 1982
FOLLOWING FOR R P MARGOLIS ESQ, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER,
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
Attached.
1. THE GIS DAILY SITREP FOR 28 JANUARY STATES THAT THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF THESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG IS 8241. BUT IT ALSO GIVES
# 1722 AS THE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS SINCE 1 JANUARY AND 64 AS THE NUM-
BER OF DEPARTURES IN SAME PERIOD. THESE FIGURES SEEM TO BE WRONG
AND I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION.
2. THE SAME REPORT QUOTES A RAYMOND HALL OF UNHCR AS SAYING THAT
IT WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ANNOU-
NCED A NEW QUOTA. MR HALL IS SAID TO BE DEPUTY CHIEF OF UNHCR.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHO HE IS.
SIGNED P J WILLIAMSON
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