TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 119

1408

1389

ADVANCES: BOAT PEOPLE

PS PS/LPS

PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY MR-SALON HD/UND

H/IK & GD HD/MVD HD/NEWS D

HD/SEAD

HD/N AM D

HD/LESD

HD/OID

GR 70

RESTRICTED

FM WASHINGTON 172150Z JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NO 19 OF 17 JULY

INFO PRIORITY F C 0.

PS/NO 10 DOWNING STREET

ADVANCE COPY

HKK 243

RECEIVED PA

DESK MODX

N

+74 1979

PA

30. 51

12 d. 187

Jug 201

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YOUR TELNO 22: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: STATISTICS

1. THE FIGURES IN OUR TELNO 1945 TO THE FCO ARE FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST 1977 TO 38 JUNE 1979.

2. THE FIGURES FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWS:

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

PHILIPPINES

661

14,587

497

SINGAPORE

534

THAILAND

9.314

(IE BOTH BOAT AND LAND: NO SEPARATE

FIGURES AVAILABLE).

TOTAL

25,093

HENDERSON

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