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DESK OFFICER

REGISTRY

INDEX

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FM MANILA 060430Z NOV 79

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 431 OF 6 NOVEMBER

INFO HONG KONG, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, PEKING,

CANBERRA AND HANOI.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. ARRIVALS IN OCTOBER 410. DEPARTURES IN OCTOBER 462. CASE LOAD

AT END OCTOBERR 6259.

2. 26 OF THE ARRIVALS WERE PICKED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH BY A U.S. SHIP. THE REMAINDER CAME IN SMALL BOATS, NEARLY ALL

OF THEM OF VIETNAMESE ETHNIC ORIGIN. A COMPARATIVELY QUIET MONTH

THEREFORE AND NO EVIDENCE OF A CHANGING PATTERN.

RENTLEY

FILES

SEAD

FK & GD

URD

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

TPD

NEVS D P3

1

Repetition to HANOI

referred for departmental celulon,

repcuted as requested to other posts.

PS/LES

PH/MR BLAKER PC/PUS

SOR A DUTT

MR COFTAZZI

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