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CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 91 OF 12 JANUARY
INFO MODUK (D$5/6).
FOR MCLAREN HKGD FROM DAVIES.
YOUR TELNO 29.
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 15 JAN1979
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1. WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING TAKING SOME OVERT STEPS ON THE BORDER
GENERALLY AND RELATING TO ILLEGALS TO BACK UP THE APPROACH WHICH HM AMBASSADOR MADE IN PEKING BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO SEEK A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
2. IN A PACKAGE OF POSSIBLE ACTION CONSIDERED BY THE POLICE
AND HM FORCES, POSSIBLE RN SWEEPS INSIDE STARLING INLET WERE INCLUDED. THESE WOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THEREFORE BRIEF.
THIS IS AN AREA TO THE SOUTH OF SHATAUKOK IN WHICH THE RN DOES NOT NORMALLY PATROL AND SO IT WAS DECIDED TO SEEK MOD(N)'S AGREEMENT
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TO DOING SO, SHOULD THIS BE REGARDED AS OF OPERATIONAL AND POLITICAL ADVANTAGE.
3. OUR CURRENT THINKING IS NOT TO INCLUDE SUCH PATROLS IN ANY
PACKAGE OF OVERT ACTION OR TO PATROL WITHIN THE ONE MILE NAUTICAL
LIMIT OF THE CHINESE COAST ELSEWHERE.
4. WE HAVE NOT YET DECIDED ON ANY ACTION BUT OBVIOUSLY ANY SCHEME
AGREED WITH HM FORCES WILL HAVE, OF COURSE OUR AGREEMENT.
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