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CYPHER/CAT'A'
PRIORITY DELHI
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1416
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
DATED 31 JULY 1969
ADDRESSED TO F C O TEL NO 1416 OF 31 JULY REPEATED (PRIORITY) TO HONG KONG (F C O PLEASE PASS)
YOUR TEL NO 434 TO RAWALPINDI HONG KONG SCHEME FOR CONTROL OF COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION.
HEAD OF CHANCERY SAW HASHMI EUROPEAN DIVISION, MEA, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND SHOWED HIM TEXT OF COLONIAL SECRETARY'S STATEMENT (HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 598 TO YOU).
BELO
2. HASHMI NOTES THAT REGULATIONS APPLIED TO ALL COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS, OTHER THAN UK OR HONG KONG BELONGERS, BUT OTHERWISE MADE NO COMMENT. HE RECOGNISED OF COURSE THAT INDIA OPERATES IMMIGRATION
CONTROLS ON HONG KONG CHINESE.
SIR M. JAMES
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
COPY TO: MR. BOXALL
HONG KONG DEPR
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
S.W.P.D.
MIG. & VISA DEPT
FAR EASTERN DEPT
SOUTH ASIAN DEPT
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 -1 AUG 1969
HKK18/2
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