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HKCIC 243

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 09 APR 1980

DESK OFFICER INDEX

PA

REGIS Action T

Aw 914

PA.

GR 120

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 0807482 APR 82

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 493 OF 8 APRIL

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,

KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

MY TELNO 472: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 8 APRIL 1980:-

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

38,316 (38,936)

5,597 (5,278)

43,913 (44,214)

2. 777 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 95 SINCE 1 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF TWO SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,007 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

417 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MAED

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

PS

PS/IPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS-

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

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