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BY BAS

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

UNCLASSIFIED

SAVING TELEGRAM

TO THE REIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUBER 316 SAVING OF 2nd CCTOBER 1981

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING, "C HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS11), UKMIS GENEVA,WASHINGTON, PEKING, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,

MANILA, BANGKOK, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, BIS NEW YORK, UKMIS NEW YORK, PARIS, LISBON, UK REP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, DUBLIN, VIENNA, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA, CARACAS, BONN, THE HOLY SEE, SEOUL, TOKYO, HANOI WELLINGTON, MADRID, TEL AVIV, GEORGETOWN, BELMOPAN,ROME

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My saving telegram number 277: Vietnamese refugees in Hong

Kong Sitrep on 1 October 1981.

1. Total in Hong 16,867 of which:-

Awaiting resettlement: 13,678 (including 1,156 rescued at

sea and covered by a flag

ник HIR 243/1

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RECEIVED IN A VITAL ST

11 OCTUBR

DESK OFERTA

INDEX

No

FA

C.S.€

19/10

ATHY

flin 19/10

state or disero guarantee).

In detention

3,189

September arrivals direct from Vietnam:

508 of which 94

September departures

rescued at

sea by ships

from China :

Nil

1,673

2. Resettlement destinations since January 1981 (September

figures in brackets): -

USA (Direct)

11,623 (1,120)

USA (To Bataan)

3

UK

1,700 (115)

Canada

:

1,662 (177)

Australia

:

390 (

26)

France

291 (

94)

Norway

105 (

80)

Switzerland

78

Denmark

73 (

42)..

Hong Kong

73 (

5)..

FRG

40 (

10)

Netherlands

39

See (11)

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