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FIKC241/4
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 682
OF 08150OZ APRIL 91
47
062175
MDLOAN 7668
hu
9/4.
TOP COPY
Q DIST?
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM COX, HKD
YOUR TELNO 1025:
(45)
VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
1.
WE WERE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE FULL ACCOUNT IN TUR. ON THE BASIS OF THIS, AND OUR LEGAL ADVISERS' FURTHER VIEWS FOLLOWING THEIR HELPFUL TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR EXPERTS, WE HAVE SUBMITTED AGAIN TO MINISTERS.
2. I EXPECT THAT LORD CAITHNESS WILL WANT TO CONSULT THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON HIS RETURN FROM HONG KONG. WE HOPE TO GET MINISTERS' VIEWS IN TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT BILL TO EXCO ON 16 APRIL, ALBEIT WITH LESS NOTICE THAN YOU USUALLY GIVE.
HURD
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
84
ΜΑΙΝ
84
LIMITED
HKD
UND
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD PS/PUS
SEAD
SIR J COLES
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR BEAMISH
NEWS D
PUSD
RAD
NNNN
MR SLATER MR BURNS
HD/FED
1
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