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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

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To the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2 copies))

HKG OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS11), UKMIS GENEV, Repeated to:-

HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, Repeated to:- MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BÅNGKOK

27TH MAY 1980 TELEDRAM NO 166 SAVING CC/G/8 (C) IV

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MY TLELGRAM NO. 631: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 27 MAY 1980:-

2.

(PREVIOUS FIGURES ON 13 MAY IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B.

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

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34,064 (35.450)

5,286 (5,153)

39,350 (40,603)

1,910 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 625

SINCE 13 MAY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF NINE SMALL BOATS AND THE "TYSLA" AND

"MELBOURNE EXPRESS" WHICH RESCUED 48 AND 77 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN SOUTH

CHINA SEA.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 15,815 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 1,906 IN

THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

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SEAD

HK & I

UND OID NEWSD SIRD. MAITLAND MR DONALD

(G. T. BARNES)

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