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SAVING TELEGRAM

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 139 SAVING OF 21st APRIL 1981

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

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 133 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

AKK 243|

RECEIVE IT: ALGASTRY NO. $1 27 APR 1981

PE VERY Action T-Ren

DECK

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1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 21ST APRIL 1981: PA

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

827.4 AN

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

15,025 (15,056)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

1,903 (1,571)

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QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

2,491 ( 2,491)

D. TOTAL

19,419 (19,118)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE

COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.

THE

2: 2,216 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981.

INCREASE OF 448 SINCE 14 APRIL 1981 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF

2 BOATS AND THE "LISITA", "ARNOLD MAERSK" AND "BARBER TAIF"

WHICH RESCUED 47, 65, AND 76 REFUGEES RESPECTIVELY IN THE SOUTH

CHINA SEA,

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 7,081 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 CF

WHICH 154 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

MINIMAL

HK & GD

SEAD

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

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