what effect this would be likely to have on
recruitment for HKVDF?
(my top secret telegram
No.1242
значав
refers)
any reliable
are available for this work:
iv) whether Hong Kong Police could be reliably
sed on such work? (paragraph 4 of your despatch
41 refers).
whether re cessary supplies of barbed wire
tc. are readily available?
(vi) what probable political effect would be
(1) in Hong Kong and
(2) in China,
Ishid. He stateful also for)
and in general to receive your assessment of
bility
desira- or otherwise of adopting such a
step, in the general interest of security and
the well being of the existing population of
Hong Kong, before an actual influx of refugees
on a large scale starts.
5.
night
I appreciate that to do so weld involve
a substantial modification of existing policy
in relation to free entry of Chinese from
China which forms the subject of separate
correspondence, and of Hong Kong's existing
attitude towards presence of communist
sympathisers in Hong Kong. Very careful
consideration would, of course have to be given to that aspect in consultation with the
Foreign Office.
6.
But I have not sufficient information to
enable me to know whether it would be practicable
to close the land frontier if, on other grounds
this were felt to be desirable.
I should
therefore be grateful if you would telegraph
information as soon as possible.
7. Cost of operation would no doubt be
very considerable and an estimate of this should
be telegraphed later please,
SECER
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