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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1020 OF 17 JULY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNO 964: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
1.
153
10-16 JUL
CUMULATIVE SINCE
1 JAN 1979
LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT
VISAS FOR HONG KONG OR
ONWARD DESTINATIONS
950
43,182
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DAILY AVERAGE
136
219
ILLEGALS REPATRIATED
77
45,577
DAILY AVERAGE
11
231...
2. WE HAVE PASSED THESE FIGURES TO THE NCNA, NOTING THAT ON 14 JULY THERE WERE 98 ARRIVALS, THE FIRST DAY ON WHICH THE TOTAL HAS BEEN UNDER 100 SINCE 10 FEBRUARY 1978. WHILE THESE FIGURES ARE
ENCOURAGING, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO REMARK ON THEM TO THE CHINESE IN PEKING OR LONDON UNTIL WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THIS RENEWED DOWNWARD TREND BEING MAINTAINED,
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