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Sir D Watson
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Your telno. 300 and my tels. nos. 260 and 261
(which we are now repeating to Peking): Hong Kong
Immigration.
In the general survey that we must now put to
Ministers, we have to consider four categories of
immigrant; legals; allegedly criminal illegals; innocent
illegals; and illegals from third countries.
Ministers may well decide that we must continue
to refuse the return of alleged criminals to China, except
under the Extradition Ordinance after due legal process.
Any other decision would mean giving in to the Chinese on a
point of principle and could attract criticism here. If
this is so, it is likely, unless the Chinese change their
policy on giving evidence, that e.g. the Eleven will not
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