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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA KUALA LUMPUR JAKARTA WASHINGTON CAN

MANILA BANGKOK OTTAWA SINGAPORE BONN

MY TELNO 1: INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: STATISTICS FOR FRANCE,

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1. THE QUAI STILL DO NOT HAVE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF REFUGEE INTAKE BY COUNTRIES OF DEPARTURE AND ETHNIC ORIGINS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1979. THEIR REVISED GLOBAL FIGURE FOR THAT PERIOD IS 4,800. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A LARGE INFLUX THIS MONTH (SEE PARA 2 OF MY TUR).

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2. THE ONLY FIGURES THE QUAI HAVE BY COUNTRIES OF DEPARTURE IS FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1975 TO 09 JULY 1979, AS FOLLOWS:

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FROM VIETNAM

15,304

FROM CAMBODIA

15,602

FROM LAOS

21,403

TOTAL

52,469

ACCORDING TO THE QUAI, RECENT ARRIVALS BRING THE TOTAL TO OVER

54,000.

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NEWS D M & VD

MR FERGUSSON

ADDITIONAL DISTN

MR FRETWELL

HK & GD

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BOAT PEOPLE

UND

FED

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WED

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EID

FUSD

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PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

STR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX MR BULLARD

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