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INDEX

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 1771 OF 18 DECEMBER, 1979

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

BANGKOK.

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MY TELNO 1740: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 18 DECEMBER, 1979: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

OFFICE

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A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

40,334 (43,919)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

15,638 (15,959)

C. TOTAL

55,972 (56,878)

2. 73,305 (73,325) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 23,650 (22,720) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY,

OF WHICH 933 (894) IN THE PAST WEEK.

4. A DANISH SHIP, ''SIMBA'', IS DUE TO ARRIVE HONG KONG AT 1700

LOCAL TIME ON 19 DECEMBER, HAVING RESCUED 122 REFUGEES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA ON 17 DECEMBER. LOCAL DANISH CONSULATE HAS GIVEN GUARANTEE OF EARLY RESETTLEMENT AND IT IS LIKELY THAT PERMISSION TO LAND WILL BE GRANTED ONCE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE RESCUE HAVE BEEN CHECKED. THESE REFUGEES HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES ABOVE.

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