TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 31

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TELNO 228 OF 25/6/79

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PNC KONG TELNO 18 TO UKRIS GENEVA: VIETNAMESE REFVCEES

1. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD REPEAT TUR TO WASHINGTON AND IF WASHINCTON COULD PASS ON THE FIGURES 10 THE AMERICANS, THEY WILL BE INTERESTED. IN THE WAY THE PATTERN OF ARRIVALS HAS CHANGED SINCE THE STATISTICS GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR TO THE STATE SPARTMENT LAST WEEK. IN PARTICULAR WE NOTE THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF ARRIVALS FROM SOUTH VIETVAS PAS INCREASED MARKEDLY. BESIDES REFLECTING THE CHANGE IN THE HUNS CON VINDS, THIS COULD BEAR CUT THE CHINESE CONTENTION THAT MIST OF THE ETHNIC CHINESE FROM NORTH VIETSAM HAVE NOW LEFT:

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