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SAVING TELEGRAM

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TË GRAM NUMBER 259 SAVING OF 18 AUGUST 1981

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

HIK 243/

RECEIVED IN ALARY NO. 51

2 7 AUG 1981

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

No

PA

MO

REQUSTRY

(Action Taken

146 Pass

MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 254 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 18 AUGUST 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

CATER

See

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

10,530 (10,492)

53

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

5,012 ( 4,682)

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

2,992 ( 2,984)

18,534 (18,158)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 10,097 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,534

RESCU

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS.

THE INCREASE OF 575 SINCE 11 AUGUST

IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 20 BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,434 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF

WHICH 219 IN THE PAST WEEK.

LIMITED

HK & GD

FED

SEAD

UND

MR DONALD MR GOODISON

COPIES TO:

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,

LONDON