GPS 100
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG 140158Z MAY 80
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 631 OF 14 MAY
HICK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 1 5 MAY 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
AW 15/5 PA
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
MOD UK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING
MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.
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MYTELNO 606: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 13 MAY 1980:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. TOTAL
35,450 (35,769)
5,153 (4,976) 40,603 (40,745)
2. 1,285 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 200 SINCE 6 MAY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF FIVE SMALL BOATS AND THE ALVA MAERSK AND NEDLLOYD NAPIER WHICH HAD RESCUED 64 AND 30 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,909 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH
361 IN THE PAST WEEK.
THIS TELEGRAM
MACLEHOSE
WAS NOT ADVANCED
FILES SEAD
HK vGD
UND
FED
PS PS|LPS PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS
SIR.D. MAITLAND
ADDITIONAL DIST:
BOAT PEOPLE
ECD
MAL CORTAZZ!
PUSD
MIL MURRAY
OLD
MIL STRATTON
IPD
NEWS.D
LORD N.G. LENNOX
MAED
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