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UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELEGRAM
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 64 OF 24TH FEBRUARY 1981 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LON! MODUK (DS11),UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARTS
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 47: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
AZSK OFFICER
PA INDEX
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 24TH FEBRUARY 1981:
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
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PA
A.
IN UNHCR CAMPS
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE
18,178 (18,843)
1,238 (
994)
C.
UNDER DETENTION
D. TOTAL
2,434 ( 2,420)
21,850 (22,257)
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. THE
INCREASE OF 36 SINCE 17 FEBRUARY 1981 IS DUE TO THE. ARRIVAL
OF ONE SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2,846 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981
OF WHICH 481 IN THE PAST WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED
SEAD
HK & GD
UND
PS
FED
ECD
PUSD
INFORMATION D
NEWS D
MAED
PS/LPS
PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY PS/FUS
SIR E YOUDE
SIR A ACLAND
MR DONALD
LORD N G LENNOX
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE
COPIES TO:. MK RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISER
THIS ELEGRAM
WIS HOT ADLANCED
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