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INDO-CHINESE GEFUGEES

1. A SUPREME COMMAND SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT FROM

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7 JAMUARY TO 23 MAY 138,060 KAMPUCHEAN REFUGEES HAD ENTERED THAILAND, THE MAJORITY OF THESE HAD BEEN PUSHED BACK, BUT 51,680 REMAINED IN THAILAND 13,870 IN BAN LAEM AND 13,800 IN BAN CHANANG CHANTABURI FGOVIFCE), 7,980 ATK LARN IN TRAT PROVINCE,., THE REST (ABOUT 20,000) IN TA PHRAYA AND ARANYAPRATHET.

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS IN TODAY'S ''BUSINESS TIMES' SPEAK OF HUNDREDS OF ETHNIC CHINESE CAMBODIANS HAVING BEEN MASSACRED BY THE KHMER ROUGE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AFTER BEING FORCED BACK INTO CAMBODIA OPPOSITE THE THAI VILLAGE OF BAN KLONG HAD. OF 020 ETHNIC CHINESE SAID TO XHAVE ENTEREDNTHAILAND FROM CAMBODIA

THE SAME IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS 2,709 HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK. NEWSPAPEJ REPXORTS THAT ABOUT 1,500 KAMPUCHEANS WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR RESETTLEMENT BY THE USA, FRANCE, AND AUSTRALIA VER E PICKED 73 FROM REFUGEE CAMPS BY BUSES YESTERDAY.

3. THE ROYAL THAI NAVY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT BETWEEN THE END OF APRIL AND 15 MAY THEY TURNED BACK 22 BOATS CARRYING 1,776 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, 721 BGAT REFUGEES WERE ALLOWED QTO LAND, SOM OF THEM AFTER SCUTTLING THEIR BOATS, THE COVERMOR OF TRAT TOLD GELCRTERS THAT WE WAS URGENTLY