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PM JAPARTA 1109457 JUN 79

TO ROUTINE F CO

TELNO 172 OF 11 JUNE

AND TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG

INFO TO MANILA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK

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HONG KONG TELNO 735 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEE STATISTICS

see (289A

1. WE ARE SORRY NOT TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPLY SOOVER TO THIS

REQUEST FOR FURTHER FIGURES, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING STILL WITH-

CUT COMPLETE SUCCESS - TO RECONCILE UNHCR AND INDONESIAN DFA

FIGURES. THE FOLLOWING FIGURES SEEM THE BEST AVAILABLE:

A. DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN APRIL (UNHCR FIGURE): 116.

KAY

B. DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN (UNHCR FIGURE): 551.

C. TOTAL AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT END MAY (UNHCR FIGURE): 21, 165.

D. CURRENT TOTAL AWAITING RESETTLEMENT (AGREED BY 20TH UNHCR AND

DFA) : 26,148.

NEITHER UNHCR NOR DFA HAVE A FIGURE FOR NUMBER AWAITING

RESETTLEMENT AT END OF APRIL.

2. WE HAVE CONSULTED BOTH UNHCR AND THE DFA AGAIN ABOUT THEIR

FIGURES FOR ARRIVAL IN APRIL AND MAY WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO

RECONCILE THEM. THE DFA INSIST THAT THEIR FIGURES ARE MORE

COMPREHENSIVE, AS UNHCR FIGURES EXCLUDE SOME ARRIVALS IN REMOTE

PLACES:

ARRIVALS APRIL: DFA: 6,162. UNHCR$ 4,613.

ARRIVALS MAY:

DFA: 12,684.

UNHCR: 18,035.

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