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- 9 MAR 1979
DESK OF
INDEX
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE NO TELNO.342 OF 7 MARCH,
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J123.
CORY
30.51
REGISTRY
INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, H.K.GOVT OFFICE
428
LONDON.
MY TELNO.323: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 6 MARCH:
A. UNDER UNHCR CARE
5,328
B. IN DETENTION
7,146
C. ON BOARD THE SKY LUCK
D. TOTAL
2,640
15,114.
See (+485
2. OF THE 3,318 FROM THE HUEY FONG 2,386 HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER TO UNHCR.
3.
4,978 SMALL BOAT REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, NONE ARRIVED DURING THE FIVE DAYS BETWEEN 2 AND 6 MARCH BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE ADVERSE. IT SHOULD NOT THEREFORE BE
ASSUMED THAT THE FLOW HAS BEEN STEMMED.
4.
A SECOND BATCH OF 61 SMALL BOAT REFUGEES WERE HANDED OVER TO UNHCR ON 2 MARCH MAKING A TOTAL OF 116.
5.
UNHCR HAVE SENT 1,249 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE
1 JANUARY.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
FK & GD
PS
UND
SEAD
FED
SAD
EID (E)
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
PS/LORD GORONWY
COPIES TO ·
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
HOME OFFICE-
ROBERTS
MR BURLEIGH
PS/MR LUARD
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
MR LEAHY
MR MURRAY
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
MR BIRT
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