TNAG-0894-FCO40-1104-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 90

GR 85

UNCLASSIFIED

DESKBY 182900Z FCO

+

HKKZ43

RESSIVLO

(1409)

3.1

号

FM HONG KONG 180654Z JUL 79

DISK GEEWEE

NDS

по 18197

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1024 OF 18 JULY,

INFO IMMEDIATE: HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON,

UKMIS GENEVA,

PRIORITY: UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA,

KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

MY TELNO.961: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

{

324A

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 17 JULY 79:

(A) UNDER UNHCR CARE

14,559

(B)

AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR (C) TOTAL

51,479

66,138

see 1449

2.

65,876 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE

OF 2,829 SINCE 10 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 25 SMALL BOATS.

3.

UNHCR HAS SENT 5,384 (INELUDING 924 EX-''SIBONGA'') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79.

CATER

FILES SEAD

HK & GD

NEWS D M & VD PS

MR FERGUSSON

ADDITIONAL DISTN

MR FRETWELL

BOAT PEOPLE

UND

FED

EESD

N AM D

SAD

EID

PUSD

OID IPD

PS/LPS

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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