TNAG-0896-FCO40-1106-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 319

GPS 220

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 273646Z AUG

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

LEE 243/1 PA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1118 OF 7 AUGUST, 1979 HKK 24?

INFO IMMEDIATE WELLINGTON

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,

WASHINGTON AND UKMIS NEW YORK.

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA,

SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.

MY TELNO 1386: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

4.90

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 7TH AUGUST, 1979:-

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE:

B. AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

C. TOTAL:

33,527

33,161

66,688.

LUMRARY

See (1567)

2. 67,790 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF 479 SINCE 31 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 5 SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 6,749 (INCLUDING 924 EX - ''SIBONGA'') REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY, 1979.

4. THESE FIGURES DO NOT (NOT) INCLUDE THE 122 ON BOARD THE ''RUDD BANK WHICH ARRIVED OFF HONG KONG ON 7.8.79.

5. WELLINGTON FOR SSIR J. CATER.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

PS

HK & GD

UND

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE

FED

EESD

NAM D

PS/LPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

SAD

MAED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

MR FERGUSSON

MVD

MR FRETWELL

LORD NG LENNOX

MR BULLARD

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