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TC IMMEDIATE F.C.0.

TELEGRAM NUMBER 206 OF 17 JUNE, 1979.

INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

VISTENAMESE REFUGEES AND IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA:

1. LATEST FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS FOR THE PERIODS:-

!) 1ST TO 17TH JUNE, AND

(1) SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1979.

(A) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVALS:

(1) 13,390

(11) 52,294

(REMAINING IN HONG KONG

54,178).

(B) LEGALS FROM CHINA 2

(!) 2,619

(11) 38,376,

(C) ILLEGALS FROM CHINA ARRESTED:

(1) 9,335

(11) 43,418.

2. ACTION CONTINUES ON BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE BORDER FORCES ON OUR SIDE AND SOME BORDER LIGHTING HAS ALREADY STARTED.

3. THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT WITHING THE LAST FEW DAYS THE CHINESE MAY HAVE INTRODUCED MEASURES TO CURD THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL EMIGRANTS, E.G. A CURFEW AND NEW TROOPS. THIS IS CORNE OUT BY A NOTICEABLE DROP IN THE NUMBERS OF ILLEGALS OVER THE PAST WEEK AS

SHOWN BY THE FOLLOWING FIGURES OF ARRESTS:-

JUNE 11TH 536.

JUNE 14TH - 407.

JUNE 12TH - 498.

JUNE 15TH

386.

JUNE 13TH 423.

CON.DENTIAL

JUNE 16TH 271.

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