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519
30 JUNE 1969
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ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 519 OF 30 JUNE R F I PEKING, RAWALPINDI,
DELHI AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
MY TELEGRAM 317 AND SUBSEQUENT CORRESPONDENCE.
IMMIGRATION OF COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS.
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I PROPOSE, ON THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, TO INSTITUTE
A GENERAL SCHEME OF CONTROL OVER THE ENTRY INTO HONG KONG OF
PERSONS FROM ALL (R) ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES. THE CONTROLS WILL NOT APPLY TO HONG KONG OR U.K.
BELONGERS BUT WILL APPLY TO CITIZENS OF EIRE, WHO DO NOT ALSO
HOLD BRITISH PASSPORTS.
2. MAIN REASON FOR THIS DECISION IS THE CLEAR NEED TO CONTROL
THE PRESENT CONSIDERABLE INFLUX OF UNSKILLED PAKISTANIS AND
INDIANS WHICH COULD GIVE RISE TO A FUTURE RACIAL PROBLEM AND
OTHER SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES IN HONG KONG. IT IS CONSIDERED,
HOWEVER, THAT CONTROLS MUST BE APPLIED TO THE WHOLE COMMONWEALTH
SO AS TO CATCH ALLUNSKILLED PERSONS (MALAYSIANS AND SINGAPOREANS
HAY ALSO BE INVOLVED) AND TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF DISCRIM
INATION. COPY OF THE RELEVANT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
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