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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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''THE MOTION PROPOSED BY ALLEN LEE (SENIOR MEMBER) WAS DELIBERATELY RESTRAINED AND CONSTRUCTIVE. BUT IT WAS PLAIN THAT STORIES OF PLANS FOR IMMINENT REPATRIATION AND THE FIRM DECISION IN FAVOUR OF IT BY
HMG HAVE BOUGHT TIME. EVEN THOUGH THE MOTION WAS PASSED BY A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE GENERAL TONE OF SPEECHES THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS, ALMOST CERTAINLY A MAJORITY, WOULD HAPPILY HAVE VOTED FOR SOMETHING A GREAT DEAL TOUGHER. FOR THE MOMENT MOST MEMBERS ARE PREPARED TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THE EFFICACY OF THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME. BUT IF FOR ANY REASON IF FAILS TO GET OFF THE GROUND, STUMBLES OR FAILS TO DETER AN INFLUX NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE PLENTY
OF VOICES CALLING FOR MORE DRASTIC ACTION.'
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