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GR 90

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 210546Z AUG 79

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1191 OF 21 AUGUST,

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INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK,

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,

1.

ROUTINE : PEKING HANOI MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

MY TELNO.1153 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

(367)

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 21 AUGUST 79:

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE

35,526

AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR 31,159

HKK 243/1

B

C. TOTAL

2.

66,685.

+

69,118 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.

THE INCREASE

OF 492 SINCE 14 AUGUST 1979 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF EIGHT SMALL

BOATS AND THE 'SEROOSKERK'.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 8,075 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1979.

MACLEHOSE

FILE 8

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EESD

#AM D

SAD

MAED

EID

PUSD

OID. IPD

NEWS D MVD

PS

PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

BIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

MR FERGUSSON

MR FRETWELL

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE