sir,
39
23rd December, 1956.
I have the honour to inform you
that the very large numbers of Chinese refugees
who are coming into this Colony daily by stemmer
via imcao are causing my Government grave concerà.
Every part of the towns of Victoria and Kowloon and
all buildings in the villages are now greatly over-
crowded and the camps which this Government has prepared
and is preparing will be unable to contain the surplus
population. It will, therefore, be necessary very
shortly to take steps to increase effectively the
restrictions now placed upen Chinese refuges immigration.
2. As it appears probable that any such step
would re-act unfortunately upon the Colony of Macao, if
it were to be taken here without warning, I have thought
it right, before taking any action, to advise
Your Excellency of my intention in the near future to
place limits upon the daily number of refugees who will
be permitted to land in this Colony from the neighbouring
perte. I trust that this warning will enable the
Government of Kacao to take measures in advance to protect
itself.
His Excellency
The Governor of Macao.