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FM PEKING 300800Z MAR 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 29 OF 3 MAR
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA
1.
AT DINNER ON 29 MARCH, THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED TO ASSISTANT MINISTER SONG ZHIGUANG THE LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS APP-
REHENDED ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE COLONY BY BOAT FROM THE EAST ON
28 MARCH AS REPORTED TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER BY TELEPHONE. ALSO MENTIONED THE MATTER TO WANG KUANG, DIRECTOR OF NCNA.
2.
BOTH APPEARED GENUINELY SURPRISED.
WILSON
SONG REFERRED TO THE INCIDENT AS A REGRETTABLE BREAKDOWN OF DISCIPLINE WHICH WAS A PROBLEM EQUALLY FOR BOTH SIDES. HE ASSURED THE GOVERNOR THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE LOOKED INTO, AND THAT THE PERSONS IN QUESTION SHOULD BE RETURNED. THE GOVERNOR SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS ALREADY BEING DONE,
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
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SIR A. DUFF
SIR A. PARSONS
Mh CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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