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FM PEKING 119700Z SEP 79
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 71 OF 11 SEPTEMBER
INFO RPIRORITY FCO, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELNO,1237 TO FC0:
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
WHEN I SAW ASST FOREIGN MINISTER SONG ZHIGUANG ON. 10 SEPTEMBER FOR A TOUR D'HORIZON FOLLOWING MY RETURN FROM LEAVE I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT THE LEVELS OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE ISSUE OF EXIT PERMITS TO PASSPORT HOLDERS WITHOUT VISAS FOR ONWARD DESTINATIONS. A COPY OF A SPEAKING
NOTE HANDED OVER FOLLOWS BY BAG.
2. SONG PROMISED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED
WHO WOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES.
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