CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 510
OF 230548Z MARCH 89
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER: ANNUAL REPORT ON POLICE EXPANSION.
1.
WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT IN SECOND TUR BUT, IN VIEW OF CHINESE SENSITIVITIES OVER THE TERM ''ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION'' SUGGEST THAT ''BORDER DUTIES' BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ''CONTROL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION' IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 1. SIMILARLY, WE SUGGEST SUBSTITUTING ''BORDER DUTY'' FOR ''ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION'' IN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF PARA 3.
2.
WE WOULD, INCIDENTALLY, BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND
ON THE QUESTION OF PUTTING ALTERNATIVES TO PTU/AIID TO THE CHINESE.
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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RESEARCH (FE)
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3
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52
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MR GILLMORE
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MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS
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