TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 17

GR 120

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SI

CLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 260617Z JUN 79

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.861 OF 26 JUNE,

HKK 243/!

75 JUN TO

INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK,

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,

PA

ROUTINE : PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,

27

빠른

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 26 JUNE:

(A) UNDER UNHCR CARE

14,407

(B)

AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

39,773

(C) ON BOARD THE SKYLUCK'

2.665

(D)

TOTAL

56,845

2.

55,921 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 2,706 SINCE 19 JUNE IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 22 SMALL BOATS,

3.

UNHCR HAS SENT 4,657 (INCLUDING 721 EX-'SIBONGA') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79.

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PS/MR.HURD . PS/MR, BLAKER PS/PUS SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR.CORTAZZI

MR.LEAITY

MR. MURRAY

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HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON

MR.WOODFIELD)

MR. BURLEIGH

MR.HILLARY MR. BIRT

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