CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 150
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 268
OF 27064OZ JANUARY 86
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Mr Barton
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : PQ FROM PADDY ASHDOWN MP.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MR PADDY ASHDOWN (YEOVIL) HAS TABLED
THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR ORAL ANSWER ON 5 FEBRUARY 1986:
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**Q.105: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES APE
CURRENTLY IN:
(A) OPEN AND (B) CLOSED CAMPS IN HONG KONG.''
2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS QUESTION IS UNLIKELY TO BE REACHED,
BUT YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT ON 27 JANUARY 1986 THERE WERE 9329
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: 4353 IN OPEN CENTRES, 4173 IN CLOSED CENTRES
AND 88 EX-CHINA CASES AWAITING REPATRIATION TO CHINA.
Lrong'
YOUDE
MINIMAL
ИКО
4353 4173
8526
UKK 24314t
LECEIVED IN REGISTRY
27 JAN1986
8526
8614
924
$8
9325
9329
DESK OFFICER
REGISTRY
PA
Action Takaha
8614
915
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