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Princeton House, 271 High Holborn, LONDON W.C.I
Telegrams: Alidep, London W.C.I
Telephones: Enquiries, Hos koma
Other, CHAncery 8811, ext.
Telex: 261867
01-405 4321
16
October 1967
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I telephoned you about a letter we had received from Mr. H. Jackson- Lipkin- copy attached which is largely a complaint about the attitude of the Controller of Immigration in Hong Kong. In a conversation I had with Mr. Jackson-Lipkin he enlarged on his letter, but the burden was still that those in Hong Kong who enquired about coming to the United Kingdom were being refused proper information. The tone, however, was considerably more emphatic than that of the letter and the complaint seemed to be directed against (I believe) Mr. Collard personally.
I have given Mr. Jackson-Lipkin the specific information he asked for about the immigration control and at his request I agreed to transmit his comments on the Hong Kong official to the appropriate United Kingdom Department. You have kindly agreed to deal with them.
There is one practical point I would ask you to take up with Hong Kong on our behalf: it is on the provision of information to enquirers about the British immigration control.
atthes and It is Home Office policy to make freely available information the principles on which the control is based, and we put out a leaflet for the information of the public: this is IM 1, a copy of which I enclose. There should already be a supply of these in Hong Kong for issue to enquirers. I imagine that this is the case and that thay are being given out but if, for some reason Hong Kong have none of the leaflets we would be glad to arrange for a supply as soon as they let us know.
P. Hewitt Esq., Hong Kong Department Commonwealth Office
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Yours sincerely,
TH. HOWARD
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