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Registry
Tikk 18/35
No.
CITY CLASSIFICATION
DRAFT
Letter
To:-
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
D. T. E. Roberts, Esq.,
Restriated.
Uncrassined.
PRIVACY MARKING
CBE, QC,
Attorney-General,
HONG KONG.
..In Confidence
Type 1 +
From
Mr. K. M. Wilford
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
(AGC8/1250/70 c)
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Indeed
Thank you for your letter of 27 November/about
immigration legislation.
Say
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2. I am sorry to have tell you that we are not
prese in a pooition to send you an advance copy of the draft
at
there is no Bill
and the matter of it's content is
still very munch
mder Discussion
are of which is
forcuendly
He
extent to which
the Governor's forfand
powers to deforrt
appear,
drafted,
to exceet those
of the Home Secretary,
UK Bill. The legislation will certainly not be
(and
tion
ready for introduction in the House before the
may not be in troduced under before East. It is Christmas recess
Ministers are still considering
its final form and I am told that it will be months
rather than weeks before the Bill is ready for
unlikely, strictly for your own come into force anfire 1972.
publication.
information, to
3. As regards your own legislation, we have not yet completed our examination of the Bill, but There
are certain aspects of it/which may present
it whi
problems, at I very much doubt whether we shall be able
to let you have our considered views on this before
the end of the year. We shall of course do our best
handled as expeditiously as prosible
to see that the matter is not delayed, but will the
producing UK legislation an to haster slowly?
likely relay
You
to
would
wish
be
that
It would
helpful to know to what extent, if any, you
regart the two pieces of legislation педай
миг
linked.
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