TNAG-1840-FCO40-2615-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 8

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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 512: FAC ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG

THANKYOU FOR YOUR TUR. YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE FIGURE. WE SUGGEST THAT THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA. 43 SHOULD READ ''AT THE END OF FEBRUARY 1989 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 25966 (ROUNDING UP TO 26000) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND BOAT PEOPLE IN CAMPS IN HONG KONG. YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION THAT OF THIS TOTAL NUMBER, 15037 WERE REFUGEES (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SCREENED IN): 10929 WERE VBP (INCLUDING 924 WHO HAVE BEEN SCREENED OUT).

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