CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY RAWALPINDI
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 574
1 JULY 1969
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NO 574 OF 1 JULY REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO DELHI AND HONG KONG (LONDON PLEASE PASS)
AND SAVING TO PEKING (LONDON PLEASE PASS).
HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 519:
IMMIGRATION OF COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS.
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1 AM QUITE WILLING TO WARN PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT ON THE LINES
SUGGESTED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE ONLY INDICATION I HAVE OF
THE NUMBERS INVOLVED IS THAT GIVEN IN HIS TELEGRAM NO 317.
PERHAPS HE HAS MORE RECENT FIGURES. IF, AS PARAGRAPH 2 OF
HIS TELEGRAM NO 519 SUGGESTS, THE INFLUX IS NOW LARGER,
THE ASSUMPTION OF THIS ADDITIONAL TASK MAY CAUSE STAFFING
AND EVEN ACCOMMODATION PROBLEMS BOTH HERE AND AT OUR OUTPOSTS
(THE CONSULAR SECTION HERE IS ALREADY DEALING WITH VISA -
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APPLICATIONS FOR THE TRUCIAL STATES AT A RATE MORE THAN
THREE AND A HALF TIMES THAT EXPERIENCED IN 1967 AND
I AM STILL AWAITING A GRADE 10 OFFICER FOR IT RECOMMENDED
BY AN O AND M TEAM IN MARCH
SEE MY TELEGRAM NO 569)*/2. WE
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