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Mr Cortazzi
CONFIDENTIAL
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RECEIVED IN RECRY NO. 51
· 4 DEC 1978
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vints you need raise during your talks in 2 i pon en (ttawa but you may like to say a word about relations wit. ling over ong Kong. is ou know, these are probe 21, better now tan at any time sinc 1, 2, and there is alumnat evi ́ence that the Chinese inter? thiɛ state of ɛffri to continue.
fuller lag ere rore of the more recent indicators:-
(a) the guidance which Communist supporters in liong Kong have
been given to the effect that it will be in China's interest to maintain the status quo for long time to core, and that they must not me, the hunt in the meantime;
thepointent of a new and mor Sevitatior to the Covernor tette.
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lyus (ao pou know, we have now agreed i these lights should continue for the next three montiis though the basis on which they are to do so has not yet been settled;
(e) the start of a new hoverferry service between hong kong and
Canton on 17 November (see ur ilson's letter of 21 November);
(f) the increasing involvement of long long businessmen in
cooperative ventures in China. LUZ resent information is summarised in ir kilson's letters off (ctober, and 24 November.
3. The only other subject you might want to mention in the inmigration problem. As you know, immigration from China, legal and illegal, has been increasing throughout this year and is causing the Hong Kong Government serious concern. I attach the latest figures. in response to representations, the Chinese have said that they appreciate Hong Kong's difficulties and are doing
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