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TO ROUTINE F.C.O.

TELEGRAM NUMBER 528 OF 4 MAY, 1979

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HKK 243/1

INDEX

-9 MAY 1979

No 1 ja5.

INFO ROUTINE BANGKOK, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, PARIS, BONN AND HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON. INFO SAVING OSLO, BERNE, THE HAGUE, COPENHAGEN, WELLINGTON, THE HOLY SEE, TOKYO, BIS NEW YORK, SEOUL, ROME, BRUSSELS AND

STOCKHOLM.

MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:

SITREP ON 1 MAY.

AWAITING RESETTLEMENT: 22,823 (AT 31 DECEMBER 1978: 4, 998) APRIL ARRIVALS: 6,143 (JAN 5,395, FEB 5,552, MARCH 3,114) APRIL DEPARTURES: 617 (JAN 314, FEB 817, MARCH, 1,147)

1979 CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS: 24,204.

1979 CUMULATIVE DEPARTURES: 2,895.

1979 CUMULATIVE RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS:

1,943.

440

U.S.A,

F.R.G.

CANADA

206

.U.K.

163

HONG KONG

37

NORWAY 29

SWITZERLAND 17

DENMARK 16

NETHERLANDS 15

AUSTRALIA -.14

FRANCE 19

NEW ZEALAND

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2. JANUARY ARRIVALS INCLUDE 3,318 REFUGEES ALLOWED ASHORE FROM THE HUEY FONG AND FEBRUARY 2,651 FROM THE SKYLUCK (WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOWED ASHORE)

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