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INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG, ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
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1. AT MY DINNER FOR CORTAZZ1 ON 29 JANUARY IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER REYES SAID IF HE HAD HIS WAY TUNG AN WOULD BE SENT TO HONG KONG AT ONCE: HE HAD BEEN URGING THIS COURSE SINCE VESSEL'S ARRIVAL HERE. 2. WHEN I ARGUED THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED NOT TO PREVENT HUEY FONG FROM ENTERING HONG KONG HARBOUR DESPITE FIRST PORT OF CALL PRINCIPLE, HIS ATTITUDE IN EFFECT WAS ONE OF MORE FOOL THEM A RACKET WAS GOING ON AND THE PHILIPPINES AFFORD TO BE MADE TO SUFFER FOR IT.
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3. REYES IS ONLY ONE VOICE IN THIS MATTER AND NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT, BUT I JUDGE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PERSUADE COUNTRIES TO GET A MOVE ON LIKELY IN THE END TO TAKE LARGE NUMBERS FROM TUNG AN
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