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FM HONG KONG 270755Z DEC 79

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1802 OF 27 DECEMBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MOD UK (B311) UKMIS

GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING COPENHAGEN

INFO ROUTINE MANILA JAKARTA KUALA

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MYTELNO 1771: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 27 DECEMBER 1979:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

.C. TOTAL

39,762 (40,334)

15,915 (15,638)

55,677 (55,972)

2..73,664 (73,305) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 359 SINCE 18 DECEMBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE

SMALL BOATS AND THE 'SIMBA''

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 24,319 (23,650) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 669 (930) IN THE PAST 9 DAYS.

4. THE DANISH SHIP, ''SIMBA'', (MYTELNO 1771) DULY ARRIVED ON 19

DECEMBER AT 1630 LOCAL CARRYING 122 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON BOARD. THE DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL GAVE A GUARANTEE OF EARLY RESETTLEMENT AND PERMISSION TO LAND WAS GRANTED.

CATER

FILES

MR MURRAY

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

SEAD

MR STRATTON

BOAT PEOPLE

HK & GD

LORD NG LENNOX

UND

FED

EID

FUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS DEPT

PS

PS/LPS

PS/R BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF IR CORTAZZI