TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 60

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 2510202 SEP

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1331 OF 25 SEPTEMBER, 1979

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RECEIVED BEERA 26 SE

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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK. INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.

MY TELNO 1300: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1697

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 25 SEPTEMBER:

see

see (1738)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS:

B. IN GOVERNMENT CAMPS:

C. TOTAL:

36,454

29,577

66,031.

2. 72,447 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THIS REVISED

FIGURE EXCLUDES 751 ARRIVALS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FORMERLY

RESETTLED IN CHINA AND WHO HAVE SINCE BEEN REPATRIATED TO

CHINA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPEAT NO ARRIVALS SINCE 18 SEPTEMBER,

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 12,087 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1

JANUARY,

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

PS

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SER A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

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