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PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICERECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 TELEGRAM NUMBER 1563 OF 6 NOVEMBER, 1979

0. NOV 1979

DESK OSTIC

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK AND PEKING 42 INFO ROUTINE MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND

BANGKOK.

MY TELNO 1522: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1817

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 8900 ON 6 NOVEMBER: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S

FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

1831

A. IN UNHCR CAMP

41,223 (40,828)

see (1851

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

21,273 (22,204)

C. TOTAL

62,496 (63,032)

2. 73,152 (72,967 REVISED FIGURE) HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.

THE INCREASE OF 185 SINCE 30 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF

TWO SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 16,555 (15,812) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY,

OF WHICH 743 (1,120) IN THE PAST WEEK. THESE FIGURES INCLUDE BABIES BORN TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

FK & GD.

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OLD

IPD

NEVS D

PS

FS/LPS

FS/MR BLAKER PD/PUS

MR COKBAZZI

MR MORRAZ

MR STRATTON

LORD NG DERINOX

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