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FM HONG KONG 290715Z JANUARY 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 72 OF 29 JANUARY
INFO PRIORITY MANILA
MIPT
MS CHRISTINE VERTUCCI
BACKGROUND
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1. OUR POLICY ON THE ADMISSION OF ALIENS FOR EMPLOYMENT IS TO ALLOW IN THOSE WHO HAVE SOME SPECIALIST SKILL NOT SUFFICIENTLY AVAILABLE LOCALLY, THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO REMAIN HERE INDEFINITELY. MS VERTUCCI IS A US CITIZEN, A QUALIFIED LAWYER, BUT WHO HAS NOT PRACTISED HERE. SHE WAS ALLOWED ENTRY FOR EMPLOYMENT AS ASSISTANT EDITOR OF THE ASIA MONITOR, AND HAS SO CONTINUED CONCURRENTLY AS CO-DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN
MONITOR RESOURCE CENTRE (AMRC). IN RETROSPECT SHE WAS A MARGINAL CASE AND IT WAS PROBABLY AN OVERSIGHT THAT SHE WAS ALLOWED TO STAY SO LONG WITHOUT BEING REPLACED BY A LOCALLY QUALIFIED PERSON. MUCH OF HER] CONCERNED WITH VARIOUS LOCAL CAUSES AND PROTEST GROUPS, NONE
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OF THESE CURENTLY OF MUCH SECURITY INTEREST, OR, FOR THAT MATTER, Sir J. Cauter
ANY BENEFIT TO HONG KONG.
2. THE DECISION NOT TO RENEW HER PERMIT TO STAY WAS ONLY TAKEN
WHEN EVIDENCE FROM
AS HAVING
A SAFE BASE.
HKGO.
BROUGHT HER TO NOTICE GROWING INVOLVEMENT IN TWO ORGANISATIONS
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3. THE AMRC ENGAGES IN ''RESEARCH'' ON THE EFFECT OF
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN S E ASIA (INCLUDING THOSE OPERATING IN THE PHILIPPINES, ALLEGEDLY IN SUPPORT OF THE MARCOS REGIME TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES) AND THE US MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE REGION. IT ALSO PUBLISHES A QUARTERLY
REVIEW ''ASIA MONITOR'' (A MAGAZINE DOCUMENTING RESEARCH INTO NORTH AMERICAN ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND MILITARY PRESENCE IN
ASIA).
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THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN RETAINED
IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER
SECTION 3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1958
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