TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 179

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CLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 240849Z JUL 79

HKK 243

1449

$

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PA

DESK OFFER INDEX

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1050 OF 24 JULY,

INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK,

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,

1.

ROUTINE : PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

MY TELNO.1024: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1409

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 24 JULY 1979:

NIK

24/7

A) UNDER UNHCR CARE

15,718

2.

(B) AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR 50,787 (C) TOTAL

66,425

66,485 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,

THE INCREASE

OF 609 SINCE 17 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF TEN SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 5,716 (INCLUDING 924 EX-'SIBONGA') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79.

MACLEHOSE

MR FERGUSSON

HR FRETWELL

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

BESD

NAM D

SAD

EID

NEWS D M & VD PS PS/LPS PS/XR HURD PS/ER BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

PUSD

OID TPD

MR CORTAZZI

MR STRATTON

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LORD NG LENNOX MR BULLARD

ADDITIONAL DISTN

BOAT PEOPLE