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TELEGRAM NUMBER 770 OF 16 JUNE
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YOUR TELNO 484 (NOT TO UKMIS GENEVA): MR BLAKERAS MEETING WITH¦• THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR.
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UP TO 15 JUNE 3,931 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED TO CHINA THIS MONTH, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 262. TOTAL REPATRIATIONS THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN 31,064.
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2. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM OUR TELNOS 734 AND 750 THAT WE NOW HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH A RENEWED INFLOW OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTELD IN CHINA. SO FAR THIS MONTH
7 BOATS HAVE ARRIVED FROM PLACES IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE CARRYING
754. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. WITH THE 765 WHO ARRIVED IN MAY AND THE EARLIER OUTSTANDING CASES (MOST OF WHOM HAVE NOW BEEN IN DETENTION FOR 8 TO 18 MONTHS) THE TOTAL NUMBER IS NOW 3,833. DESPITE REPEATED REPRESENTATIONS HERE AND IN PEKING OVER THE OUTSTANDING CASES AND THE ARRIVALS SINCE MAY THE CHINESE HAVE NOT AGREED TO ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER REPATRIATIONS SINCE SOME 2,900 WERE SENT BACK IN JANUARY, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THAT THEIR POLICY REMAINS TO ACCEPT BACK THOSE WHO LEAVE ILLEGALLY AFTER BEING SETTLED IN CHINA.
3. UNLESS WE CAN ARRANGE FURTHER REPATRIATIONS SOON, WE FEAR THE PRESENT FLOW WILL GATHER EVEN GREATER MOMENTUM. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF MR BLAKER WOULD CONSIDER RAISING THIS WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR.
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