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FM HONG KONG 0302532 JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.984 CT 3 JULY,

YOUR TELNO.466 INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES : P.Q.

:

1. ON 3 JULY THERE WERE 59,718 BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN HONG KONG AWAITING RECETTLEMENT.

2. THE FIGURES IN MY TELNO.759 REMAIN VALID.

MACLEHOSE

FILES SEAD

ik & GD

NEWS D M & VD

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

UND

FED

EESD

N AM D SAD

EID

PUCD OID IPD

PS PS/LPS

PS/HK.HURD PS/MR.BLAR-

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS MR.CORTAZZI

MR. MURRAY MR. STRATTON

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