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BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM DE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

UNCLASSIFIED

SAVING TELEGRAM.

TO T FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 308 SAVING OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1981

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (Ps 11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 298 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

DECK OFF) INDEX

No

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 29 SEPTEMBER 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

PA C.S.E

19/12 fra 19/10

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

9,402 (9,869)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

COMMOD

4,434 (4,519)

See by

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

3,189 (3,184)

17,025 (17,572)

D. TOTAL

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 11,048 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,628

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 63 SINCE 22 SEPTEMBER

IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 BOAT AND THE MV 'CARLA A. HILLS'

AMERICAN OWNED, WHICH PICKED UP 35 REFUGEES IN THE SOUTH CHINA

SEA.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 15,976 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF

WHICH 625 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

LIMITED

HK rGD

FED

SEAD

UN2

NEWS .D

INFO.D PS PS|LPS

PS/MR LUCE PSIPUS

SIR A ACLAND

MR DONALD

LORD N.G. HENNOX

UNCLASSIFIED

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COPIES TO :

HONG KONG GOVT Office

LONDON

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