TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 104

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FM HONG KONG 280935Z JAN

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 49 OF 8 JANUARY, 1980

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

MY TELNO 6: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

Action Takies

see

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 8 JANUARY, 1980. (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

C. TOTAL

2. 10 HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,

39,149 (39,762)

55,463

16,314 (15,915) (55,677)

3. UNHCR HAS RESTLLED 277 (223) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980 OF

WHICH 54 IN THE PAST 6 DAYS.

CATER

FILES

MR. MURRAY

SEAD

MR STRATTON

HK & GD

LORD NG LENNOX

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS DEPT

PS

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR D. MAITLAND MR CORTAZZI

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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

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