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MANILA TELNO 170 TO YOU: FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG.
1. DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER ASKED PHILIPPINE CONSUL (CONSUL- GENERAL IS CURRENTLY IN MANILA) TO CALL ON 9 OR 10 APRIL. WHEN PEICE MENTIONED THE SUBJECT OF THE MEETING, CONSUL INSISTED THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE HANDLED BY THE CONSUL-GENERAL HIMSELF AFTER HIS RETURN AT THE WEEKEND. PEIRCE SAID THAT MANILA WOULD BE SPEAKING THIS WEEK AND THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME, BUT CONSUL WAS UNMOVED. A CALL IS FIXED FOR 13 APRIL.
2. IN VIEW OF THIS EXTRAORDINARYBEHAVIOUR BY THE CONSUL, MANILA MAY WISH TO SUGGEST TO THE DFA THAT THEY MIGHT BRIEF CONSUL-GENERAL
(REYES) IN MANILA.
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