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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0.

TELEGRAM NUMBER 759 OF '11 JUNE, 1979

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

YOUR TELNO 307: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WRITTEN P.Q.

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1. ANNUAL STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

1975

2

ARRIVALS

3,743

DEPARTURES

3,645

1975

191

246

1977

1,001

539

1973

6,609

1,720

1972

• (TO 10 JUNE)

49,526

3,415

TOTAL

61,070

9,565

see (124)

2. AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT 10 JUNE: 51,669 (INCLUDES 164 BABIES BORN IN HONG KONG).

3. SINCE 1975 OVER 14,000 REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDO-CHINA HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SETTLE IN HONG KONG, OF THESE

ABOUT 11,000 WERE FROM VIETNAM.

/ 4. THE FIGURES

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