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FM OTTAWA 132040Z JUL 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 7 OF 13 JULY

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Hkk243/1

PAI

AP

1379

AND TO PRIORITY FCO AND UKMIS GENEVA

MY TELNO 6 TO HONG KONG : INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES.

1.

THE CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING

ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES WHO ARRIVED

IN CANADA BETWEEN 1 JANUARY AND 10 JUNE:

Fitzi

VIETNAM

KAMPUCHEA

3900

155

LAOS

106

OTHERS

TOTAL

2,

158

4319

THE NUMBER OF ARRIVALS FROM 10 JUNE TO 12 JULY IS ESTIMATED

AT 890.

FORD

:

ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE

PS

PS/LPS

FILES

SEAD

NEWS D M & VD

MR FERGUSSON

MR FRETWELL

GUSSON

HK & GD

UND

FED

BESD

N AM D

SAD

1

EID PUSD OID

IPD

PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

MR BULLARD

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