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INFO IMMEDIATE JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON
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MY TELNO 830, HONG KONG TELNOS 1193 AND 1208 AND YOUR TELNO 634 : COAST HOPPING: MESSAGE TO QIAN QICHEN
1.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ORIGINAL DRAFT. THE APPROVED TEXT IS IN MIFT. PLEASE DELIVER IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJECT, IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU COULD CALL ON ZHOU NAN OR GUO FENGMIN FOR
THE PURPOSE.
2. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY SERIOUS AND I HAVE FELT BOUND TO SEEK QIAN QICHEN'S CO-OPERATION IN COPING WITH IT. THE FACT IS THAT VIRTUALLY ALL THE BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG HAVE STOPPED OFF AT PORTS ON THE CHINESE COAST. MANY OF THEM HAVE SPENT LENGTHY PERIODS THERE AND HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE. I LOOK TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO HELP RELIEVE THE BURDEN ON HONG KONG BY FINDING WA'S TO ENSURE THAT SUCH PEOPLE DO NOT CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEYS TO HONG KONG. MY MESSAGE SUGGESTS A NUMBER OF CONCRETE STEPS WHICH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES COULD TAKE. THEY MAY BE ABLE TO THINK OF
OTHERS.
3. IN CONVEYING THE MESSAGE, YOU SHOULD PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE EXAMPLES OF THE KIND OF ASSISTANCE RECEIVED BY RECENT ARRIVALS IN HONG KONG. GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD TELEGRAPH THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION TO REACH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. LORD GLENARTHUR PLANS TO REFER TO THE MESSAGE AND UNDERLINE ITS IMPORTANCE WHEN HE SEES THE CHINESE AMBASASDOR FOR LUNCH ON
26 APRIL.
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