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TELEGRAM NUMBER 001 CF 10 JULY 1979
INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR, JAKARTA, WASHINGTON, MANILA, CANBERRA, BANGKOK, CITAWA, SINGAPORE AND BONN
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YOUR TELNO 138 OF 6 JULY TO KUALA LUMPUR AND HONG KONG TELNO 9421 INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: STATISTICS FOR FRANCE
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THE QUAI D'ORSAY, WHO ARE CONDUCTING AN EXCERCISE SIMILAR TO OUR OWN, HOPE TO GIVE US ON 13 JULY A PRECISE TOTAL OF THE INDO- CHINESE REFUGEES ACCEPTED BY FRANCE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1979 WITH SUPPLEMENTARY STATISTICS ON COUNTRIES OF DEPARTURE AND ETHNIC ORIGINS. THEIR PRESENT ESTIMATE 1S THAT AROUND 6,000 WERE ACCEPTED DURING THIS PERIOD.
2. BY THE TIME OF THE GENEVA CONFERENCE THE TOTAL WILL HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY: 171 REFUGEES ARRIVED IN PARIS FROM KUALA LUMPUR ON 7 JULY. TODAY, A FURTHER 850 ARE EXPECTED: 270 FROM KUALA LUMPUR, 100 FROM SINGAPORE AND 400 FROM BANGKOK, IN ADDITION, THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT THE 837 REFUGEES PICKED UP IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA BY THE HOSPITAL SHIP ILE-DE-LUMIERE ON 7/8 JULY.
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