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FM FCO 211315Z OCT 80
TO IMMEDIATE BELGRADE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 275 OF 21 OCTOBER
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
FOLLOWING FOR APS/MR BLAKER FROM HKGD
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MR BLAKER WILL WISH TO SEE TEXT OF HONG KONG TELNO 1375 WHICH
FOLLOWS:
1. I SPENT YESTERDAY MORNING DISCUSSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WITH
VICE GOVERNOR LIU TIANFU (IN CHARGE OF DAILY WORK) AND THREE
OTHER VICE GOVERNORS, INCLUDING THE ONE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC
SECURITY.
2.
AFTER OUTLINING THE PROBLEM AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CONTINU-
ING TO SUFFER THE PRESENT INFLUX, I EXPLAINED THE NEW MEASURES WE
PROPOSED TO ADOPT. I SAID THESE INVOLVED A RISK FOR HONG KONG
AND WERE ONLY JUSTIFIABLE IF ON THE CHINESE SIDE A MAJOR COMPLE-
MENTARY EFFORT WERE MADE TO PERSUADE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS NO LONGER
WORTH TRYING TO GET TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY AND TO STOP THEM
ATTEMPTING IT.
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3. LIU, AND THE OTHERS, CONFIRMED THAT ENDING THE REACHED BASE'
POLICY AND DENIAL OF EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANTABLOW TO
THOSE PLANNING TO LEAVE ILLEGALLY AND THAT THE CHINESE WOULD TAKE
FURTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES ON THEIR SIDE. BUT LIU SHIED AWAY
FROM DIRECT ASSOCIATION OF THEIR MEASURES WITH OURS MAINTAINING
THAT THIS WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY INDICATED BY MY SAYING THAT CHINA
HAD AGREED TO ACCEPT BACK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHETHER FOUND IN THE
URBAN AREAS OR ELSEWHERE. WE HEADED THEM OFF A PROPOSAL THAT OUR
NEW MEASURES REQUIRED DISCUSSION OF NEW PROCEDURES FOR RETURN OF
II'S.
4. LAST NIGHT YANG SHANGKUN (ACTING GOVERNOR IN THE ABSENCE OF XI
AND SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATE OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE
NPC AND FOR MANY YEARS MAO'S SECRETARY) GAVE A SMALL INFORMAL
DINNER ATTENDED BY LIU AND OTHERS. HE HAD ALSO COME TO GREET ME
ON ARRIVAL AT THE GUEST HOUSE LATE THE PREVIOUS EVENING. YANG WAS
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