SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 33 SAVINGS OF 3RD FEBRUARY, 1981, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS EW YORK, PEKING. MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGARPORE, BANGKOK, PARTS
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RECEIVED IN OTPASTRY NO. 51
12 FEB 1981
OFACER
PA
REGNTRY
Action Takan
NIR MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 29: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
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1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 3RD FEBURARY 1981:-
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
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A.
IN UNHCR CAMPS
19.063 (19,673)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
1,069 ( 965)
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C.
UNDER DETENTION
2,417 ( 2,415)
D. TOTAL
22,549 (23,053)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE
COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 176 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 27 JANUARY 1981.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 1,872 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 523 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
LEGAL ADVISERS
HK & GD
(MR RUSHFORD)
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PUSD
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/MR RIDLEY
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD N G LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
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