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FM F C 0 011717Z OCT 80
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 864 OF 1 OCTOBER.
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FROM YOUDE
VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER : HONG KONG
1. HONG KONG ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED BRIEFLY AFTER LUNCH TODAY. MAIN POINTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
IMMIGRATION
2. LORD CARRINGTON SAID THAT OVER 400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS A
DAY WERE NOW REACHING HONG KONG. THE SITUATION WAS SO SERIOUS THAT
.HONG KONG WERE PLANNING TO SEND BACK TO CHINA THOSE WHO WERE
SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING THE URBAN AREAS AND HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
ALLOWED TO STAY. CHINESE CO-OPERATION WOULD BE NEEDED IF THIS POLICY WAS TO WORK: IN PARTICULAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP ON THE BORDER. HUANG NOTED THAT THE CHINESE GOERNMENT HAD ALREADY TAKEN
A NUMBER OF STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION. LORD CARRINGTON SAID THAT
YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH GOVERNOR XI
SHORTLY.
3. I WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THE MATTER FURTHER TO HUANG WHEN I SEE HIM OFF TOMORROW. WE CAN CONSIDER INSTRUCTIONS TO PEKING WHEN WE KNOW WHAT, IF ANYTHING, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
1 SAY TO HUANG IN HONG KONG.
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT
4. LORD CARRINGTON ASKED ABOUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO THIS PROJECT. HUANG SAID THAT PEKING WERE AWARE OF THE CONTACTS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES AND CHINA LIGHT AND POWER AND SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS. HE GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT YET COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT BUT SAID THAT HE HAD NOT FOLLOWED THE ISSUE VERY CLOSELY. HE ADDED THAT THERE HAD ALREADY PEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE FRENCH ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION IN GUANGDONG. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED
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