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TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 656 OF 20 MAY

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DESK CERCEP INDEX

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON 22.5

3s

YOUR TELNO 398: P.Q.S BY WRIGGLESWORTH

REANTRY

Action Take

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(A) THERE ARE 39,695 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AWAITING

RESETTLEMENT. AT A PROJECTED RESETTLEMENT RATE OF 3,000 PER MONTH, AND ASSUMING NO INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE OF 10 NEW ARRIVALS

A DAY SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1980 IT WILL TAKE UNTIL AUGUST 1981 TO RESETTLE THEM ELSEWHERE.

(B) THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA IN

THE LAST 6 MONTHS ARE:-

1979

1980

G

DECEMBER

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

-

15,202

4,054

4,597

4,452

5,898

APRIL

MAY

THE WEEKLY FIGURES

4,993 (UP TO 19 MAY)

SINCE 1 APRIL ARE:-

OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA

1 7

APRIL

1,452

8

15

22

-

14

APRIL

1,287

-

21

APRIL

1,360

G

28

APRIL

1,279

29 APRIL

5 MAY

2,113

6

Ja

12 MAY

1,810

13

19 MAY

1,790

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