GRS 170
PRIORITY
CYPHER/CAT A
FM F C O 241805Z
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 801 OF 24 OCTOBER
AND TO PEKING.
-128
YOUR TELNO 12131 IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
HKK 341/1
RECEIVED IN REG GAY KO. 51
2 5 OCT 1978
DESK O
INDEX
129
TRY
Action Ten
ChE
Nic
1. NEWS DEPARTMENT GAVE NO BRIEFING ON IMMIGRATION AS A RESULT OF HUANG-HUA'S VISIT. LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS SAW TWO JOURNALISTS REPRESENTING FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW AND FINANCIAL TIMES ON 16 AND 18 OCTOBER. HE DID MENTION THAT THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN RAISED WITH THE CHINESE WHO APPRECIATED OUR DIFFICULTIES BUT DID NOT
GIVE QUOTES REPORTED IN YOUR TUR.
2. MOST LIKELY SOURCE OF THE STORY IS HEARN, STRINGER FOR THE HONG KONG STANDARD IN LONDON, WHO HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE LEVEL OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION HAD BEEN RAISED WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES QUOTE THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS UNQUOTE AND THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES. HE WAS NOT REPEAT NOT TOLD THAT THE
SUBJECT HAD BEEN RAISED WITH HUANG-HUA AND THERE WAS
THEREFORE NO QUESTION OF HUANG-HUA'S REACTION HAVING BEEN GIVEN.
OWEN FILES
HKOGD
FED
OID
COPIES то
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
NEWS D
PS/LORD GORONWY-
ROBERIS
MR CORTAZZI
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