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SAVING TELEGRAM
RELO
From The Governor Hong Kong
To The Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Telegram Number 70 Saving of 3 March 1981
INDEX
HKK 243/1 PA
MANYPY NO. 51
1 1 MAR 1981
RECKS
PGD 11/3
Repeated for information Saving to Hong Kong Government Office London, MODUK (DS11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi, Washington, Ukmis New York, Peking, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, Paris,
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see (12)
MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 64 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 3RD MARCH 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A.
IN UNHCR CAMPS
16,511
(18,178)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
1,823 ( 1,238)
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
C. UNDER DETENTION
2,439 (2,434)
D.
TOTAL
20,773 (21,850)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE
COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
2. 480 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 24 FEBRUARY 1981.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3,939 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 1,093 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
PS
FED
PS/LPS
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/PUS
COPIES TO:-
LEGAL ADVISER
MR RUSHFORD
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD NG LENNOX
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