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CHINA: REPORTED EVACUATION OF OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND NATIONALS BY
OTHER COUNTRIES AND BY THE UNITED NATIONS
USA
No evacuation of Embassy staff or of those from the
Consulates.
four US
All dependants of US Government employees ordered on 7 June to leave China (total 258 people). All US citizens strongly urged to leave (less than 5,000 remain in China; 400-500 in Peking).
Canadians
20 essential Embassy staff remaining.
Announced plans to carry out complete evacuation of Embassy dependants and citizens on 6 June.
Australia
Quantas plane chartered on 6 June to evacuate non-essential Embassy staff and dependants. Other citizens advised to leave as
soon as possible by normal commercial means.
Japan
Embassy maintained at near normal strength. (On 7 June advised all residents, except Embassy staff, and visitors to leave Peking. A few non-essential Embassy staff subsequently evacuated.)
United Nations
30 essential staff remaining to man the various UN agencies in
China (but some
(but some may go to Hong Kong later individually).
119 staff and dependants evacuated to Hong Kong on 7 June
(others have left for Bangkok).
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