SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
Unclassified
From The Governor Hong Kong
To the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Telegram Number 193 Saving of 9 June 1981
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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
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RECEIVED IN REMETRY NO. 51 16 JUN 1981
DESK OFFICER
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INDEX
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 185 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
| REGISTRY
PA
Action Takga
Awide
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 9 JUNE 1981:
12,885 (12,976)
See (35)
A. IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
2,317 ( 2,708)
15202
3.384 (3,303)
18,586 (18,987).
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION FORESTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG
KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 4,575 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 898
RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 31 SINCE 2 JUNE
IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 2 SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 10,379 REFIGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 440 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLE HOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
FK & GD
UND
PS
FED
PS/LPS
ECD
PUSD
PS/MR BLAKER PS/R RIDLEY
PS/PUS
INFORMATION D
SIR E YOUDE
NEWS D
MAED
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO:
ME RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISER
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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