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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 488 OF 7 APRIL, 1980

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA.

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND MODUK (DS11).

INFO SAVING SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, BANGKOK, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, UKMIS NEW YORK, BIS NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, PARIS, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, DUBLIN, VIENNA, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA, CARACAS, BONN, WELLINGTON, MADRID, TEL AVIV, PEKING, GEORGETOWN, BELMOPAN, ROME,

THE HOLY SEE, SEOUL, TOKYO AND HAANOI AND CEERTAIN OTHER H.M.. COONSULATE GEENERAALS.

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MY TELNO 351: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG SITREP ON 1 APRIL.

1. AWAITING RESETLLEMENT

MARCH ARRIVALS

MARCH DEPARTURES

CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS SINCE 1.1.80 CUMULATIVE DEPARTURES

44,214

426

3,652

682 9,590

2. CUMULATIVE RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980

(MARCH 1980 FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

U.S.A.

4,196 (2,185)

CANADA

2,643 (447)

U.K. F.R.G.

1,567 (638)

373 (8)

AUSTRALIA

192 (102)

AUSTRIA

188 (78)

SWITZERLAND

172 (172)

NORWAY

122

FRANCE

58 (14)

DENMARK

51

HONG KONG

17 (5)

NEW ZEALAND

JAPAN

3

NEW CLAEDONIA

2 (2)

TAIWAN

1 (1)

NEW HEBRIDES

1

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