TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 215

BET

GRS 130

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 140852Z AUG 79

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1153 OF 14 AUCUST

HKK 243/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

15 AUG 1979

DESK OFFICER

REGIST TY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,

WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK,

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,, SINGAPORE,

BANGKOK.

1527

Y TELNO 1118: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 14 AUGUST 1979:

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE

B. IN HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CARE

C. TOTAL

(૪ ૧૪૧

34,564

32,330

66,894

2. 68,626 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF

834 SINCE 7 AUGUST IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 9 SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 7,383 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY

1979.

MACLEHOSE

FILES SEAD

MX & GD

UNI)

TED

DESD

RAM D

SAD

HAED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEVS D MVD

1

PS PS/LPS

PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/FUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

HR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

KR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE

MR PERQUSSON

HR FRETVELL