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INDEX

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 6 OF 2 JANUARY 1980

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MOD UK (DS11) UKMIS

GENEVA HANO! WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING

INFO ROUTINE MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

19122

1979

MY TELNO 1802: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 2 JANUARY 1980.

(FIGURES AT 27 DECEMBER 1979 IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

C. TOTAL

39,609 (39,762)

15,885 (15,915)

55,494 (55,677)

2. BETWEEN 1.1.79 AND 31.12.79 INCLUSIVE, THERE WERE: ARRIVALS

RESETTLEMENTS IN THIRD COUNTRIES

73,692

24,377 (INCL 301 HK BORN)

3. 10 REFUGEES ARRIVED IN ONE SMALL BOAT BEFORE 0900 HRS ON 2 JANUARY 1980.

4. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 223 REFUGEES THIS YEAR UP TO 0900 HRS ON 2 JANUARY 1980.

CATER

FILES SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

PS

PS/IPS

PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE

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