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GPS 250 UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 250955Z MARCH 80

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 444 OF 25 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

MY TELNO 415: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900- 25 MARCH 1980:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

39,152 (38,960)

5,430 (6,195)

44,582 (45,155)

2. 623 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF

140 SINCE 18 MARCH IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAAS RESETTLED 9,146 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

724 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

FILES SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

MARD

PS

PS/IPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

MR RUSHFORD (LEGAL ADV.)

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