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MDLIAN 8439
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FM WELLINGTON
HKD 340/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 7 MAR 1990
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 161
DESK OFFICER
OF 22043OZ MARCH 90 INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
See
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YOUR TELNO 605 TO HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
1 I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS SHE IS CURRENTLY OVERSEAS. BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION WHO HAD BEEN PRESENT WHEN THE HIGH COMMISSIONER CALLED ON MS WILDE ON 16 FEBRUARY (WELLINGTON TELNO 92). I ASKED JOHES WHETHER NOW THAT THE IMMIGRATION REVIEW HAD BEEN COMPLETED HE COULD TELL ME WHETHER THERE WAS ANY SCOPE FOR PROVIDING THE SORT OF DEFERRED IMMIGRATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR HONG KONGERS WHICH WE HAD ASKED THEM TO CONSIDER. ALTHOUGH JONES WAS UNWILLING TO GIVE A CATEGORIC ANSWER IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MINISTER, HE SAID THAT HIS PERSONAL VIEW WAS THAT THIS WAS UNLIKELY. THE GENERDL THRUST OF THE NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY (WHICH HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AS PART OF HIS ECONOMIC STATEMENT OF 20 MARCH - MY TELELETTER OF 20 MARCH TO WALTDER, SPD) WAS TO SECURE SKILLED IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW ZEALAND NOW, NOT A NUMBER OF YEARS HENCE.
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DISTRIBUTION
60
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
PUSD NEWS D
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
3
MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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