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OUR TELNO 149 AND YOUR TELNO 204: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

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PLEASE TREAT MATERIAL AS 'RESTRICTED'. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS

OF SUBSTANCE ON THE REPLIES, DESKBY 201230Z.

2. WE SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOME FURTHER

MINOR POINTS:

(A) QUESTION F: PLEASE COULD YOU SUPPLY FIGURE FOR REGIONAL

SE ASIAN DECLINE IN ARRIVALS IN 1983, AND, IF POSSIBLE, FIGURES

FOR COMPARATIVE HONG KONG AND REGIONAL DECLINES 1980-82.

(B) QUESTION G: GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS OF NATURE OF UNHCR COOPERATION

IN RUNNING OF CLOSED CENTRES, APART FROM FUNDING.

(C)

QUESTION I: GRATEFUL FOR FURTHER DETAILS OF THE 9026

VIETNAMESE, KHMER AND LAO, IN PARTICULAR HOW THEY ENTERED

HONG KONG AND WHY A DECISION WAS TAKEN TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY

(PARA 1(III) OF YOUR TUR REFERS).

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