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BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

UNCLASSIFIED

SAVING TELEGRAM

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 222 SAVING OF 9th JULY 1981

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK(DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA,SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, FARIS, HAGUE

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 216 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 7 JULY 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

11,052 (11,286)

3,9513,751)

15003

5,348 (5,212)

нык 243/1 RECEIVED IN SYRY NO. 51 2 0 JUL 1981

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

No Mas 20 JT PG20/2

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

20,351 (20,249)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 7,824 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,305

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 414 SINCE 30 JUNE IS

DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 123 IN 4 BOATS AND THE MVS "ANDHIKA

TARANUGA", INDONESIAN FLAG, "PO YAN", LOCAL OWNED, "CHENG TU",

SINGAPOREAN FLAG AND "NEDLLOYD DEJIMA", DUTCH FLAG, WHICH PICKED

UP 40,42,2 AND 207 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 11,820 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981

·3.

OF WHICH 319 IN THE PAST WEEK.

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LIMITED HKEAD FED SEAD UND NEWSD

INFORMATIOND

PS

PS/LPS PS MR RIDLEY PS|PUS

SIR.E. YOUDE

SIR.A. ACLAND

MRDONALD

KORD.NG. LENNOX

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COPIES TO.. HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE

LONDON.

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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