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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 806 OF 17 JUNE, 1979.
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
VIETENAMESE REFUGEES AND IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA:
1. LATEST FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS FOR THE PERIODS:-
(1) 1ST TO 17TH JUNE, AND
II) SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1979.
A) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVALS:
(1) 13,390
(11) 52,294
(REMAINING IN HONG KONG
54,178).
J.
1124
(B) LEGALS FROM CHINA:
(1) 2,619
(11) 38,376.
(C) ILLEGALS FROM CHINA ARRESTED:
1) 9,335.
(11) 43,418.
2. ACTION CONTINUES ON BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE BORDER
FORCES ON OUR SIDE AND SOME BORDER LIGHTING HAS ALREADY STARTED.
3. THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT WITHING THE LAST FEW DAYS THE
CHINESE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED MEASURES TO CURB THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL
EMIGRANTS, E.G. A CURFEW AND NEW TROOPS. THIS IS BORNE OUT BY A
NOTICEABLE DROP IN THE NUMBERS OF ILLEGALS OVER THE PAST WEEK AS
SHOWN BY THE FOLLOWING FIGURES OF ARRESTS:--
JUNE 11TH 536.
JUNE 14TH 407.
JUNE 12TH
JUNE 15TH
498.
386.
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JUNE 13TH
JUNE 16TH
LG
423.
271.
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