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FM KUALA LUMPUR 060310Z JULY 79

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 247 OF 6 JULY

INFO BANGKOK JAKARTA MANILA

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SINGAPORE GOV HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA

WASHINGTON CANBERRA OTTAWA PARÏS BONN BIS NEW YORK

TOKYO AND MANOI

HONG KONG TELNO 308. [sic]

REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA.

1. ACCORDING TO UNHCR ON 30 JUNE THERE WERE 74,817 REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA, INCLUDING 9,166 ON BEACHES AND NOT IN CAMPS. 6,886 ARRIVED IN JUNE.

2. THE MALAYSIAN TASK FORCE SAY THAT THERE WERE 4,535 DEPARTURES

IN JUNE AS FOLLOWS:

USA

- 2,771

FRANCE

79

AUSTRALIA

900

HONG KONG

3

BELGIUM

4

NEW ZEALAND

14

CANADA

715

U K

9

SWITZERLAND

40

TOTAL DEPARTURES FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 1979 WERE 24,003.

HUNT

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

MK STRATION

ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE

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