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FM MANILA 0407332 OCT 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 407 OF 4 OCTOBER
4+31
HK KZH
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DEON CAFIC
INFO HONG KONG, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR-BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, PEKING, CANBERRA AND HANOI.
1745
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
ARRIVALS IN SEPTEMBER
DEPARTURES IN SEPTEMBER
1,048
393
CASE LOAD AT END SEPTEMBER 6,311
1. THIS IS A COMPARATIVELY LARGE INCREASE FOR THE PHILIPPINES. UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE, HOWEVER, BELIEVES THAT MANY OF THE ARRIVALS IN FACT CAME HERE IN AUGUST. 423 OF THEM WERE PICKED UP BY U.S. SHIPS, THERE WERE NO REPORTED ARRIVALS IN SECOND HALF OF SEPTEMBER, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF MONSOONS. THEY ALL CAME IN SMALL BOATS. NEARLY ALL ARE OF VIETNAMESE ETHNIC ORIGIN. NO EVIDENCE OF MONEY
CHANGING HANDS BEFORE DEPARTURE.
GEORGE
FILES
SEAD
FX & GD
UND
FED
EID
FUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D
FS
FS/LOS
PSAR BLAKER
PS/BUS
SER A DUTY
NR CORDAZZI
AR MUTRAY MR SHILARTON JORDG LENNOX
Repetition to... HANQL..
referred for departmental decision,
repeated as requested to other posts.
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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