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FM HONG KONG 110555Z SEP 79

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1266 OF 11 SEPTEMBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA,

WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK.

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

MY TELNO 1233: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1979:

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE

B. AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

C. TOTAL

37,101

31,594

68,695

22

2. 72,593 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE

OF 1,608 SINCE 4 SEPTEMBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 13 SMALL

BOATS AND THE SAMOA.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 9,572 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE

1 JANUARY 1979.

MACLEHOSE

1

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

N AM D

SAD

MAED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MVD

PS

PS/IPS PS/MR HURD PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

MR BULLARD

MR TERGUSSON

MR FRETWELL

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

1!

BOAT PEOPLE

RR