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DESK OFFICER INDEX

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REGISTRY Action Taken

AW161/4

GPS 110

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 150658Z APR 80

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 519 OF 15 APRIL

INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI

WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

MYTELNO 493: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 15 APRIL 1980:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

37,902 (38,316)

5,148 (5,597)

43,050 (43,913)

2. 783 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 6

SINCE 8 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,891 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 884 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

FILES SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MAED

PS PS/IPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS **

SIR D MAITLAND

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

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