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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDER PYAL
H HONG KONG 111850Z DEC 73
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 239 OF 11 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE F C O, UKMIS GENEVA
HKK 341/1
RECENTED IN ROUS R
IN!
12 DEC 978
No the Q3
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDONM
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YOUR TELNC 893 TO FCO : IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ORIGINALLY FROM
VIETNAM.
ON 6 DECEMBER TWO MEN CROSSED AT LOWU WITH CPG PASSPORTS
GIVING THEIR DESTINATION AS HONG KONG. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION
SHOWED THAT THEY HAD EARLIER APPLIED TO YOU FOR VISAS TO JOIN
RELATIVES IN HONG KONG, GIVING VIETNAM AS THEIR PLACE OF BIRTH
AND THEIR NATIONALITY AS VIETNAMESE. THEIR APPL CATIONS WERE
REFUSED (SEE PRO-FORMA LETTERS AC 16594-5/78 OF 13 SEPTEMBER TO CONSUL FROM MISS NG, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT).
2. PERSONAL DETAILS (WITH CCC NUMBERS FOR THEIR NAMES IN CHINESE CHARACTERS) :
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ISSUED 30 NOVEMBER IN PEKING. THIS IS VALID (EXCEPTIONALLY IN OUR EXPERIENCE) FOR ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. HE ALSO CARRIES
AN AFFIDAVIT SWORN BEFORE A NOTARY-PUBLIC BY A COUSTA IN CALIFORNIA HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT REPEAT, NOT EQUIVALENT TO THE STANDARD LETTER ISSUED BY THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
BENEFICIARIES OF PETITIONS FOR US IMMIGRANT VISAS.
ISSUED 30 NOVEMBER
IN PEKING, VALID FOR TRAVEL TO THE PHILIPPINES (BUT WITH NO ONWARD VISA).
3. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS TRIED TO RETURN THEM AT LOWU ON 9
DECEMBER BUT THE CHINESE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THEM ON THE GROUNDS
THAT THEY HAD OPG PASSPORT AND PERMISSION TO LEAVE CHINA BUT NO
RE-ENTRY VISA FOR CHINA, WE RAISED THIS TODAY WITH THE NONA,
POINTING OUT THAT:
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CONFIDENTIAL
/A. THESE PEOPLE