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BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
HIK
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SVED IN REGISTRY KO. 01
A 1-OCT 1983
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TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 360 OF 4TH OCTOBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND WASHINGTON
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 325: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:-
SITREP ON 1 OCTOBER 1983..
1. TOTAL IN HONG KONG 13 737 OF WHICH:-
AWAITING RESETTLEMENT: 13 462(INCLUDING 115 RESCUED AT SEA
AND COVERED BY A FLAG STATE
OR DISERO GUARANTEE).
IN DETENTION (EX-CHINA CASES): 275
SEP 1983 ARRIVALS DIRECT FROM VIETNAM: 289 ARRIVED BY
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10 BOATS.
FROM CHINA: NIL
1983 CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS:- DIRECT FROM VIETNAM: 3 463 OF
WHOM 3 132 ARRIVED BY BOAT AND
331 WERE SHIP RESCUE CASES.
FROM CHINA: 66
SEP 1983 DEPARTURES: 499
1983 CUMULATIVE DEPARTURES: 3 073
SEP 1983 BIRTHS: 72
DEATHS: 5
CHANGE IN STATUS: 1 (AUG 1983 ARRIVALS SUBSEQUENTLY
IDENTIFIED AS EX-CHINA CASES)
SEP 1983 EX-CHINA BIRTHS: 2
DEATHS: NIL
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