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TO THREW LATE F C G TELFURAT AUMBER 786 OF 25 JULY、
PERSONAL FOR STUART ( K AND I OD) TROM ACTING GOVERDUR.
YOUR TELESAAR, TO 67% OF 19 JULY,
TIMBERS OF THE 112 WERE GIVEN FOLLOWING FPDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION DEFORE THEY WERE YETURNED TO SOUTH VIETNAM, SACK ILLEGAL MAS
MIFERVITKEL IN HIS OWN DIALECT WIER TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED AND THE ANSWERS RECORDED. THESE QUESTIONS WERE DES | AMED TO ASCERTAIN PERSONAL PARTICULARS, REASONG FOR LEAVING SOUTH VIETNAM, CONNECTION (IF ANY) WITH HONG KONG, OCCUPATION FOR PAST
FLUR YEARS AND WHETHER THERE WERE ANY DOCUMENTS 6.6. PERMITTIME
ENTRY TO SOME OTHER TERRITORY, ITERATION DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
WERE PROSENT DURING THESE DAVIJUAL INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY
MARINE POLIOF. ALL IPFORMATICH, WAS RECURDED ON INDIVIDUAL FILES,
2. THIS DEGREE OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION WAS FULLY IN LINE WITH
POLICY WHICH WE HAVE CONDUCTED FOR MANY YEARS IN RELATION TO
COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA, THE RETURN OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CRUMA, WAS ABANDONED AS A RESULT OF THE DISTURBANCES IN 1967. Yu_ HAY CARE TO REFER TO PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE ON HONG KONG ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION POLICY ENDING WITH SIN DAVID THENCK'S LETTER TO SIN ARTHUR GALSWORTHY OF 32 MARGH 1967, QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT THE RETURN OF ILLEGAL IMITORANTS TO CHINA LED SIR DAVID TRENCH TO GIVE A FULL ACCOUNT OF OUR DIFFICULTIES IN HANDLING FITH QUESTION IN HIS LITER OF 27 JULY 1964 TO THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THE UNDERLYING DIFFICULTIES HAVE CHANGED PEMARKABLY LITTLE SINCE THEN, EXCEPT THAT WE AFE MOV UNDER SOME PRESSURE FROM THE CHINESE TO RETURN SELECTED GROUPS OF ILLEGALS.
3. HOWEVER MUCH WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THOROUGH INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TO ILLEGA IMMIGRANTS CAUGHT ON ENTRY TO HONG KONG, WE AKE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED BY A NUMBER OF FACTORS STEMMING FROM NEES TO ACT NETH CREAT SPEED AND MINIMUM PUBLICITY,
4. FOR EXAMF, E, WHEN IT WAS OUR FOLICY TO REPATRIATE ILLEGALO TO CHIMA WE FOUND THAT IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSTELE, VALESS VERY SPAL! NUMBERS WERE INVOLVED, TO COMPLETE ANY INVESTIGATION IN DEPTH WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF ANY CLAIN TO BE ALLOWED TO RŪMATK. FREQUENTLY ILLEGALS GAVE FALSE MAKES GR MISLEADING INFORMATION AND ALMOST ALL CLAIMED TO HAVE HARENTS OR RELATIVES HERE. RELA You ING TACTICS INITIATED BY LAWYERS COMPLICATED MATTERS /
5. MORE IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, IF IT BECAME PUBLIC. KNOWLEDGE THAT TO AVOID REPATRIATION AS POLEGAL IMMIGRANT NEED ONLY ALLEGE THE EXISTENCE OF SPECIAL POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, CLAIN POLITICAL ASYLUM OR SIMPLY REFUSE TO RETURN TO CHINA, ALMOST EVERY ILLEGAL WOULD SOON TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
6. IT 18 ALSO DIFFICULT TO SET WHAT TESTS SHOULD BE APPLIED IN DECIDING WHETHER ILLEGAL NIGPANIS CAR STAY. IF IT WERE OF GROUND OF FAMILY CONNECTION, A HIGH PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS COULD ESTABLISM SONE PELATIVE HERE. IF IT WORF TO PREVENT THE
JLL HOAL MMIGRANT SUFFERING SONG FUNISHMENT IT YETURNED TO CHINA VE ARE UNLIKELY TO GET THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE ASSURANCES
VN HOW TRUST who? THE? DESCRIVE AS. ESPAPERS' WOULD BE TREATER ON RETURN. THE REALITY MOST ILLEGAL WEIGHARTS ARE NOT FUELING ̧· PERSECUTION FOR TRAIR BOL VEFS, BUT COMF PERE IN THE EXPECTATION OF A SAFER LIFE (ALB. FROM INDO-UNIMA) OR MORE CONGENTAL LIFE (2.6, FROM CHINA).
7. THERE WILL, DY CONTRAST, BE A SMALL NUMECA WHO ARE SEEKING TO CVADE PULISMAFIA IN CHENN ER WHO ARE WANTED BY THE CHINESE FOR SOME OFFENCE, WHICH MAY DERMAPS ARTDE FROM THE METHOD OF DEPARTURE FROM CHINA ELG, STEM,ING A 204T, JE NE RETURI, THERE AT ONCE, WATAOUT INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, KO PAUSLEM ARISES, BUT IF WE HOLD THEM AND THE CHILLSZ, GEALAND, THE PORTSPENT NG Geis of race GRAVE LEGAL AND OTHER DIFFIOULTICE ME NDET HEVER FRUCT MAT
ANY SCHEME TO LIMIT IMIGRANTS FROM CHINA DEFENDS WHOLLY ON CHINESE
coodwill, wireBUT IT WE WORT AS WELL NOT DAY. IF WE REFUSE TO RETURN ONLY ONESS THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING BACK, THEN
· GOODWILL, AND THE WHOLE SCHELE MUST FOUNDER VERY QUICKLY, YOU MİLL FAK SURE HAVE OORSIDERED THE APPALLING CONSEQUENCES TO HONG KOPG OF A REFUSAL TO. RETURN A PEFUGEE OF THE STATUS OF E.G. LIN PIPO.
8. A DICK TUŽK AROUND " AT THE FRONTICA OR SWIFT EXPULSION FROM TERRITOS-L LATERS WILL PREVENT ILLEGALS FROM SETTING IN TO LON. WITH THE PRESE OR 93 ATIONS AND AVOID ANY KIND OF PUBLIC NIVSTERIA, IN THE STRES MAN, A SYSTEM, TIVOLVING VETENTION FOR ANYTHING LONGER THAN ABOUT 24 HOURS AND INTERROGATION IN DEPTH CARRIES THE RISH OF ATTRACTING LOCAL ATTENLICK AND HAVETING JOURNALISTS, LAWYERS AND CIMER MOD GOOLERS TO TRY TO INTERVENE. THE PROBLEM OF HANDLING PUBLIC OF INION INTERNALLY WOULD BE MUCH
HOPE DIFFICULT.
9., THEREFORE, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY SCHEME FOR THE RETURN OF FILLUALS TO CHINA TO WORKABLE IF IT INVOLVES GIVING FURTHER INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TO INCIUNARTS, EEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED POLICY TO DATE (PARAS 1 AND @ (DOVE), OR IF IT FIVOLVES DETENTION BEFORE RETURN FOR MORE THAN A DAY.
10. ON THE LEGAL POSITION, THE DIRECTOR OF INAYORATION MAY DETAIS AN IMMIGRANT FOR UP TO SEVEN DAYS FOR INQUIRIES AND IN ORDER
TO DECIDE WHETHER HE IS TO A REFUSED PERTLOSION TO LAND. IF PSM:15910F TO LAND 12 REFUCES, AL HETORANT MAY OPDIPAKPLY DATUM DETATACT FOR US TO NG PONTHS PELDING JANVAL UNDER SECT 16, 19 OF THE CRIISANCE, THODOK EVERD IS PROVISION FOR FURTHER LETALIDA KIMMING PRIAME TAL "GOVEdner / DALER.
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