BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG
TO THE I EIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 298 SAVING OF 22nd SEPTEMBER 1981.
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA,KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 291 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 22 SEPTEMBER 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
9,869 ( 9,972)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND
4,519 (4,775)
QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
3,184 ( 3,178)
17,572 (17,925)
TOP COPY
ник 24311
RECEIVED IN RE PONY $0. 51 ? 8 SEP 1981
DESK OFFICER
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 10,985 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,593
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 16 SINCE 15 SEPTEMBER
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 15,351 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF
WHICH 381 IN THE PAST WEEK.
INDEX
PA
USTRY
venon Token
√24.1 ! Pon 2817
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MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
HK&GD
SIR A ACLAND
FED
MR DONALD
SEAD
LORD NG LENNOX
UND
NEWS D
INFORMATION D
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
COFIES TO:-
HK GO LONDON
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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