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ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 267
25 APRIL 1969
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 267 OF 25 APRIL REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO DACCA KARACHI NEW DELHI AND PEKING.
YOUR TELNO 317.
IMMIGRATION OF INDIANS AND PAKISTANIS INTO HONG KONG.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THESE IMMIGRANTS ORIGINATE (AS SEEMS LIKELY FROM INDIA AND PAKISTAN, OR WHETHER THEY ORIGINATE FROM OTHER PLACES SUCH AS KENYA TRANSITTING INDIA AND PAKISTAN EN ROUTE TO HONG KONG AND WHAT PASSPORTS THEY ARE TRAVELLING ON. GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THESE POINTS THAT YOU OR OTHER RECIPIENTS OF THIS TELEGRAM CAN PROVIDE. THE TURNOVER SEEMS FAIRLY HIGH AND WE SHOULD ALSO WELCOME ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE ABOUT THE DESTINATION OF THOSE LEAVING HONG KONG,
STEWART.
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
MIG. & VISA DEPT.
HONG KONG DEPT. FAR EASTERN DEPT.
SOUTH ASIAN DEPT. NAT. & TREATY DEPT.
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