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UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

HKK 2431

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 0 6 JAN1981

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REGISTRY

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DESK OFFICER INDEX

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 394 SAVING OF 23RD DECEMBER 1980

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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11),UKMIS GENEVA,HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK,PARIS.

MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 390: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 23RD DECEMBER 1980:- (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

20,908

(21,127)

479

( 1,093)

2,651

(2,650)

24,038

(24,870)

THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG

ILLEGALLY.

2. 11,097 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, 1980. THERE HAVE

BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 16 DECEMBER 1980.

3.

UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 37,382 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

860 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

1

BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED

LEGAL ADVISERS

(MR RUSHFORD)

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

PS

FED

ECD

PUSD

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

INFORMATION D

NEWS D

MAED

PS/PUS

SIR E YOUDE

SIR A ACLAND

MR DONALD

LORD NG LENNOX

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