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FM UNG KONG 120506Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 241 OF 12 DECEMBER
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.
13 DEC 1978
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FCO TELNO 795 TO YOU AND MY TELNO 239, PARA 7: IMMIGRATION
FROM CHINA.
THE LATEST FIGURES FOR THIS MONTH (TO 11 DECEMBER) ARE:
A. DAILY AVERAGE (WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS): 330.
B. TOTAL OF PASSPORT HOLDERS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS: 1,261 (OF
WHICH 1,104 CLAIM TO BE GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES).
C. TOTAL ILLEGALS REPATRIATED: 397.
D. ILLEGALS (ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM) BEING HELD PENDING
DECISION BY CHINA ON REPATRIATION: 440. THIS INCLUDES THE GROUPP
OF 163 WHO HAVE ADMITTED SPENDING SEVERAL MONTHS IN
CHINA. A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF THEM WENT TO PEI HAI IN KWANGSI
AFTER CROSSING THE LAND BORDER BETWEEN VIETNAM AND CHINA.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
MR CORTALZI
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MR MURRAY
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HONG KONG GOYT
OFFICE LONDON