GRS 90
CONFIDENTIAL
PA.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING 1707002 DEC 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1068 OF 17 DECEMEBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
HKK 3411i
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 18 DEC1979
NEGK OFFICER
INDIX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
1
Aw
15/12
الوسطى
IMMIGRATION,
1.
WHEN I SAW VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ZHANG WENJIN ON CAMBODIA AND RHODESIA ON 14 DECEMBER, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND HIM OF OUR ANXIETIES ON IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG, DRAWING HIS ATTEN- TION TO THE DAILY AVERAGES FOR THE PERIOD 4-10 DECEMBER OF 596
ILLEGALS ARRESTED AND REPATRIATED AND 161 LEAGALS.
2.
THEY
ZHANG SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WERE ALSO CONCERNED.
HAD ALREADY INSTRUCTED THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CHECK THE OUTFLOW.
** WE ARE TAKING MEASURES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO'
CRADOCK
FILES
FED
HK & GD
PUSD
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
CONFIDENTIAL
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QED
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