GRS 137
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HKK 341
RECEIVED IN RESM
17 SEP
DESK OFFICI
INDEX
PA
18.5
6851 - 2
FM FCO 141130Z SEP 79
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 532 OF 14 SEPTEMBER
RFI PRIORITY HONG KONG
No
السلام
MIPT (NOT TO HONG KONG): IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG
1.
CORTAZZI ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE CHARGE'S CALL ON 13
SEPTEMBER TO RAISE THE QUESTION OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG, AND EXPRESS THE GOVERNMENT'S DEEP
CONCERN AT THE RECENT SHARP RISE IN BOTH (WHICH HE ILLUSTRATED
WITH THE AUGUST FIGURES).
2. WE HAD TAKEN THIS UP WITH NCNA IN HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE
AUTHORITIES IN PEKING. CORTAZZI HOPED THAT CHU WOULD NOW REPORT THAT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED THERE WERE FULLY SHARED IN THE FCO,
AND THAT MINISTERS ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE ISSUE. THIS
WAS THE SORT OF ISSUE THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD WISH TO RAISE WITH
PREMIER HUA, IF THE NUMBERS CONTINUED AT SUCH UNACCEPTABLY HIGH
LEVELS.
CARRINGTON
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MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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