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FM HONG KONG 140750Z OCT 82

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1176 OF 14 OCTOBER INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, UKMIS GENEVA

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UKMIS TELNO 518 OF 13 OCTOBER.

HONG KONG : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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COMMS OFFICE REG. NO.......... D.T.R. 14TH OCTOBER, 1982 1550 HOURS D.T.D. 14TH OCTOBER, 1982 1600 HOURS

WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT CANADIANS MAY BE ABOUT TO DECE DE NEW RESETTLEMENT ALLOCATIONS, AND THAT THAIS MAY BE PUSHING HARD FOR HIGHER ALLOCATION FOR THEIR VIETNAMESE

LAND PEOPLE'.

WE ALSO HOPE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF OUR

REFUGEE PROBLEMS CAN BE TAKEN.

2. INFORMATION IN OUR TELNO 1065 OF 17 SEPTEMBER MAY BE UPDATED AS FOLLOWS: WHILE 1982 ARRIVAL RATE REMAINS VERY CLOSE TO 1981 FIGURE, ONLY 443 PERSONS LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1982, COMPARED WITH 1,673 IN SEPTEMBER 1981. REFUGEE POPULATION NOW HERE IS 13,230, COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR'S FIGURE AND BY FAR LARGEST BOAT REFUGEE POPULATION IN REGION, 40 PERCENT HAVE BEEN HERE OVER TWO YEARS, AND IT IS THIS LONG TERM GROUP WE WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE REMOVED.

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