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AKK 341|1 TELEGRAM NUMBER 154 OF 25 JANUARRECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
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MY TELNO 151: RETURN OF AN ILLEGAL TMN KGRANT
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ON THE EVIDENCE OF THE EXAMINATION OF THOSE DETAINED THE ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SATISFIED THAT ZHENG WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZING A SERIES OF ILLEGAL ENTRIES INTO HONG KONG AND THAT HIS ACTIONS WERE CLEARLY CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST. HE HAS SO ADVISED THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION. I HAVE THEREFORE SIGNED AN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE REMOVED AS AN UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANT UNDER SECTION 19(1)(C) OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.
2. FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION REFERRED TO IN MY TUR, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO RETURN ZHENG TO CHINA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE
NO DIFFICULTIES.
3. WE DO NOT INTEND TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE PRESS AT THIS STAGE. IF THE STORY LEAKS AND WE HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING, WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.
4. AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR PEKING TO EXPLAIN TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THE BACKGROUND TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, ON THE SAME
LINES AS THE POLITICAL ADVISER HAS DONE HERE. DETAILS OF THE LATEST FIGURES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ARE BEING SENT SEPARATELY SO THAT THEY CAN, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE THE POINT ABOUT THE CONTINUING PROBLEM THIS POSES.
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