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BY BAG

UNCLASS TED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

SAVING TELEGRAM

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON, TELEGRAM NUMBER 226 SAVING OF 14th JULY 1981

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 222 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 14 JULY 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

Нки 24311 RECEIVED 1997Y 36. 51

23 JIII 1901

DESK OFFICE

INDEX

PA

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Action Takan.

No MoS 23 TILL fo~3/2

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

11,015 (11,052)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

4,155 ( 3,951)

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

5,415 (5,348)

See (4.5

D. TOTAL

20,585 (20,351)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 8,256 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,395

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 432 SINCE 7 JULY IS

DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 342 IN 13 BOATS AND THE MVS 'DRAGOER

MAERSK', DANISH FLAG, 'BARON STAR', PANAMANIAN FLAG AND CHEVALIER

VALBELLE', FRENCH FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 5, 50 AND 35 REFUGEES

RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,022 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981

OF WHICH 202 IN THE PAST WEEK.

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LIMITED

HK & GD

FED

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

COPIES TO:

SEAD

UND

SIR E YOUDE

MR DONALD MR GOODISON

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,

LONDON