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REGISTRY

DESK OFFICER INDEX

PA

Action Taken

ALA 24/3

2413

P.A.

GR 110

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 190447Z MAR 80

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 415 OF 19 MARCH

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11),

UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING

INFO ROUTINE MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

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MY TELNO 363: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 18 MARCH, 1980:-

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

38,960 (39,547)

6,195 (6,608)

45,155 (46,182)

2. 483 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 16

SINCE 11 MARCH IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 8,422 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

1,060 HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

PS

SEAD

PS/IPS

HK & GD

PS/MR BLAKER

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

[NOT ADVANCED]

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