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OFFERED RIGHT OF ABODE TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS AND ABOVE.
WHILE UK NATIONALITIES BILL ALLOWS GRANTING OF RIGHT OF ABODE
TC INDIVIDUALS,HKONG GOVT INSISTS IT HAS NOT/NOT BEEN GRANTED
AND WILL NOT/NOT BE GRANTED TO ANY GROUP.FACT REMAINS THAT
RUMOUR HAS PROVOKED DISCONTENT AMONG POLICE AND OTHER PUBLIC
SURVANTS.
5.THIRD EVENT WAS RECENT VISIT TO PEKIN BY GROUP OF ACADEMICS.
WHILE THEY HAVE SAID LITTLE PUBLICLY, RUMOUR AGAIN HAS IT THAT
THEY WERE DISCOURAGED PARTICULARLY BY LECTURE THEY PURPORTEDLY
RECEIVED RE THEIR DUTY TO PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS FOR CHINESE
TAKEOVER.
6.IT IS VERY DIFFICULT THESE DAYS TO DETERMINE WHICH IS CAUSE
AND WHICH IS EFFECT, BUT SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN VALUE OF HKONG
DOLLAR HAS NOT/NOT HELPED NOR HAS IMPROBABLE THEORY BEING
ADVANCED BY SOME THAT PRC WOULD WELCOME ECONOMIC INSTABILITY
HERE IN HOPE THAT THIS WOULD LEAD TO HKONG CHINESE WELCOMING
THEIR INTERVENTION TO RESTORE STABILITY.
7.IMPORTANT MSG IN ALL THIS IS THAT ACUTE NERVOUSNESS IS NEVER
FAR BELOW SURFACE AND BUBBLES UP AT ANY PROVOCATION.WE CONTINUE
TO SEE EVIDENCE IN OUR OWN IMMIG PROGRAM.FIRST THREE MONTHS OF
1983 SAW ENTREPRENEURIAL IMMIGRANTS TO CDA TRANSFER CDN DOLLARS
130 MILLION.THIS IS AMOUNT FOR WHICH WE HAVE ABSOLUTE PROOF AT
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