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'UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

RECEIVI

HKK 24311

GPS ME PY NO.

PY NO. 51

22 JUN 1981

NCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 200 SAVING OF 16th JUNE 1981

DESK OFFICIA

REGKTRY

INDEX

PA

Daron Takeo

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO 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. 193 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 16 JUNE 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

12,758 (12,885)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

2,950 (2,317)

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

3,392 (3,384)

19,100 (18,586)

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. 5,227 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 922

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF

OF '652. SINCE 9 JUNE

IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 628 IN 12 BOATS AND THE MV 'WILLINE

TOYO', BRITISH FLAG, WHICH PICKED UP 24 REFUGEES IN THE SOUTH

CHINA SEA.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,538 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981

OF WHICH 159 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

LIMITED

HK&GD

FED

SEAD

UND

NEWS D

INFORMATION D

PS PS/LFS

PS/MR RIDLEY

PS/PUS

SIR E YOUDE

SIR A ACLAND

MR DONALD

LORD NG LENNOX

UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

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COPIES TO:-

HONG KONG GOVT. OFFIC LONDON

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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