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DESKBY 1609002
FM HONG KONG 169655Z SEPTEMBER 80
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1182 OF 16 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TEL 781: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
1. YOUR PARA 2. MANY THANKS. PARAS 2 AND 3 OF MY TEL 1117 WENT TOO FAR. FOR SECOND SENTENCE OF MY PARA 2 PLEASE SUBSTITUTE ''SUCCESS IN HALTING THE MOVEMENT WOULD THEREFORE BE VITAL AND THIS WOULD DEPEND ON EFFORTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. COULD HE TAKE IT THAT CHINESE MEASURES WOULD CONTINUE
AND INTENSIFY ?''.
2. MY PARA 3. PLEASE SUBSTITUTE 'UNLESS THE CHINESE RESPONSE WAS DISCOURAGING, WE WOULD THEN GO AHEAD ETC.
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