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EM MANILA ɔɔ330% MAY 79
TO PRIORITY ECO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 157 05 MAY
то
29:5
AND TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR,
JAKARTA,
BANGKOK AND UKMIS GENEVA.
REFUGEES.
1. AT AD3 PLENARY SESSION MORNING 3 MAY THE GOVERNOR FOR HONG KONG (HADDON-CAVE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY) MADE A LONG STATEMENT WITH DETAILED FIGURES OF RECENT IMMIGRATION AND ATTEMPTS AT IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG AND OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ENDING
VITY APDEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AFTER INITIAL REFERENCES .3 IND2-CHINA'', HE REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO VIETNAM BY NAME
1 t
BUT WITHOUT DISCUSSION OF CAUSES OF DEFUGEE FLOW.
2. PRESS NOT PRESENT BUT ALL GOVERNORS' STATEMENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY
RELEASED IN FULL.
3. FULL TEXT BY HAND OF CARTER, ODM, TUESDAY 3 MAY.
BENTLEY
Blu 9.5.1979
to me
4.6.
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NOTED
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FILES
HK & GD
UND
SEAD
FED
SAD
EID (E)
PUSD
OID
IPD
NEWS D MVD
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY
ROBERTS
PS/MR LUARD
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
SIR A PARSONS
MR CORTAZZI
MR LEAHY
MR MURRAY
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
MR BURLEIGH
HOME OFFICE
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
MR BIRT
HOME OFFICE
LUNAR HOUSE
CROYDON
LONDON