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SINCE MARCH, BUT REPRESENTS A SLIGHT INCREASE

COMPARED WITH LAST OCTOBER'S 103.

6.

312 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT DURING

OCTOBER. THE SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 70 FROM OUR

ESTIMATED FIGURE OF 380 PER MONTH IS ATTRIBUTABLE

TO THE US FAILURE TO MEET ITS TARGET OF 250

DEPARTURES PER MONTH TO BATAAN.

ONLY 132 LEFT

FOR BATAAN IN OCTOBER DUE TO A LOCAL SHORTAGE

OF INS INTERVIEWERS. USCG SAYS IT HAS MADE

ARRANGEMENTS TO IMPROVE THIS SITUATION IN NOVEMBER.

7.

THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW

CEILING OF 5,000 RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES FROM THE REGION.

REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN

¡ MADE TO THE LOCAL JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL FOR HONG

GENEROUS

KONG TO RECEIVE A GENEROUS SHARE OF THESE PLACES

AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY HMA TOKYO.

8.

SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE

POLICY ON 2 JULY 1982, 7,143 VRS HAVE ARRIVED HERE

INCLUDING 525 SHIP RESCUE CASES. OF THESE ARRIVALS,

ONLY 1,383 HAVE LEFT FOR RESETTLEMENT, OF WHOM 421

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HAVE BEEN SHIP-RESCUE......