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Unclassified
SAVING TELEGRAM
From the Governor Hong Kong
UNCLASSIFIED –
HKCK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
16 SEP 1980
To The Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Telegram Number 259 Saving of 2nd September 1980
Repeated for information saving to Hong Kong Government Office RLondonEGISTRY Moduk(DS11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi, Washington, Uknis New York, Pekingction Taken Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok
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My Saving Telegram No: 254: Vietnamese Refugees.
1. Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900 hours 2nd September 1980:-
(Previous week's figures in brackets)
A. In UNHCR camps
B. Government Accomodation
and quarantine anchorage
C. Under detention
AWLY
29,807
(30,093)
1,905 (2,690)
6,504 ( 6,007)
sex
D. Total
38,216
6504
(38,790)
The numbers under detention represents the number of Vietnamese Refugees
who have been settled in China before coming to Hong Kong illegally.
2.
10,150 refugees have arrived since 1st January, 1980. The increase
of 66 since 26th August is due to the arrival of three small boats.
3. UNHCR has resettled 25,369 refugees since 1st January of which 539 in
the past week.
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
SEAD HKD UND
OID NEWS D SIR.E. YOUDE
YOUDE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
'ADVANCED
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