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UK

Norway

USA

Number of incidents

5

5

12

Approximate

number of refugees

1,700 (since October

1978)

335

855 (since 1 July

1978)

Netherlands

1

66

Italy

1

22

FRG

2

96

France

2

140

4.No information is yet available about any such incidents involving

vessels of other nations, including "flag of convenience" states, or the

countries of South-East Asia itself.

5.

There are believed to be some 30 UK vessels in the South China

Sea at present but it has not been possible to discover what

proportion this represents of total shipping in the area.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

20 June 1979

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