TNAG-0893-FCO40-1103-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 8

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GR 170

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 1007007 JUL

TO PRIORITY F.C.O.

TELEGRAM NUMBER 961 OF 10, JULY, 1979

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK.

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 10 JULY, 1979:

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE

B. AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

C. EX - ''SKY-LUCK''

D. TOTAL

14,995

45,958

2,665

63,618.

2. 63,047 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF 3,910 SINCE 3 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 24 SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 5,034 (INCLUDING 924 EX ''SIBONGA'') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JUANUARY, 1979.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EESD

NAM D

SAD

EID

PUSD OID

IPD

NEWS D M & VD PS

PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE