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CONFIDENTIAL
DESK BY 02010OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 0117172 OCT 80
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 864 OF 1 OCTOBER.
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG
FROM YOUDE
TOP COPY
HKCK 341
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
0 8 OCT 1980
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REGISTRY
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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
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 FEEN SOME
DISCUSSION WITH THE FRENCH ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER
GENERATION IN GUANGDONG. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED
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