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FM HONG KONG 130858Z NOV 78
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1309 OF 13 NOVEMBER
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YOUR TELNO 839: PQ FROM MR PARRY.
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VED IN XEGAANY NO. 31
13 NOV 1978
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WE AGREE WITH YOUR PROPOSED ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS (A) AND (B)M
2. QUESTION (C): LEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO 31 OCTOBER 1978 : 50,249.
3. QUESTION (D): WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO QUOTE PRECISE FIGURES BUT THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED REPLY IS BASED ON A GENERALLY ACCEPTED
PRESENT RATIO OF 4 EVADERS TO EVERY PERSON ARRESTED AND
REPATRIATED:
QUOTE
IT WOULD BE MISLEADING TO GIVE PRECISE ANNUAL FIGURES SINCE ONLY
ROUGH ESTIMATES CAN BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF CLAIMS ABOUT ORIGIN MADE BY PEOPLE REGISTERING AT THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS
OFFICE IN HONG KONG, OFTEN MONTHS, SOMETIMES YEARS, AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL: A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE IS THAT FROM JANUARY 1974 TO 31 OCTOBER 1973 ABOUT 52,000 PEOPLE HAVE ENTERED ILLEGALLY FROM CHINA (INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ANS SUBSEQUENTLY REPATRIATED).
UNQUOTE.
4, QUESTION (E): ARRESTED AND REPATRIATED TO 31 OCTOBER 1978: 5045,
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