TNAG-0900-FCO40-1110-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 89

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FM HONG KONG 040550Z DEC 79

HKK 243/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

4 DEC 1970

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TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1697 OF 4 DECEMBER

DESK OFFICER

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INDEX

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RES

Afrion Taven

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

MY TELNO 1663: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 ON 4 DECEMBER: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND QUARANTINE

41,071 (41,600)

ANCHORAGES

C. TOTAL

16,643 (17,742)

57,714 (59,342)

2. 73,271 (73,271) HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 21,826 (20,099) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY,

OF WHICH 1,727 (865) IN THE PAST WEEK.

CATER

FILES

MR MURRAY

SEAD HK & GD

KR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS DEPT

PS

PS/LPS

PS/R BLAKER

PS/PUS SIR A DUFF MR CORTAZZI

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE