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FM FCO 1417302 DECEMBER 79

TO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 265 OF 14 DEC 79

НКК

2431

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

17 DEC 1979

DESK OFFICER INDEX

7

13479 - 1

REPEATED TO ROUTINE SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, MANILA, HONG KONG, UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA

SAVING TO HANOI, ERC POSTS, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON,

WASHINGTON, MADRID, PEKING, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, OSLO, TOKYO,

See 192

BUENOS AIRES, HELSINKI, BRASILIA, ATHENS, REYKJAVIK, TEL AVIV,

SEOUL, VIENNA

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 480 (NOT TO ALL)

INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES

1.

UNHCR HAVE ACCESS TO FIRST HAND STATISTICS THROUGH THEIR

LONDON AND HONG KONG OFFICES, AND. SHOULD NOT DE ENCOURAGED TO

REQUEST THEM ELSEWHERE. BUT YOU AND OTHER ADDRESSEES MAY FIND

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF THE PRESENT SITUATION USEFUL. IT MAY

BE DRAWN ON FREELY.

BEGINS: BETWEEN APRIL 1975 AND END NOVEMBER 1979

OVER 5,000 INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES, MOSTLY FROM VIETNAM,

ARRIVED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. ABOUT 770 VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN DECEMBER. WE AIM TO

ACCEPT A FURTHER 2,600 FROM HONG KONG IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 1980. IF THIS TARGET IS ACHIEVED, IT

WILL LEAVE ABOUT 5,400 STILL TO COME TO FULFIL OUR EXISTING

COMMITMENTS. ENDS.

CARRINGTON

FILE S

SEAD

UND

FED

WED

NAD

SPD

EID

HK & GD

NEWS D

OID

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

LORD NG LENNOX

CC: MR GODDARD

11 DIVISION

HOME OFFICE

QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

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