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GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
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Your telegram No. 869.
Immigration control.
Sent. (OTP)
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Secret. *BoxxStevex and RecopaŁ.
1. I regret delay in replying, but you will
fuller
appreciate that your proposals required
consideration and consultation with Foreign Office.
2.
While I entirely agree that you should be
able to restrict immigration at short notice, your
a British
proposal to demand valid passports visad by competent
Consul
authorities is not free from difficulty so far as
persons wishing to proceed to Hong Kong from areas
under Communist control are concerned. I have not
overlooked the point made in paragraph 3 of your
telegram, but it seems improbable that imposition of
visa requirements for entry to Hong Kong would
influence the Communist authorities towards recognition
of British Consular officials. Moreover:-
(a)
the acceptance of a passport or travel
document issued by a Communist authority,
or the grant of a visa on such a document
by one of H.M. Consuls, would imply a
certain degree of de facto recognition
of the issuing authority, which H.M.G.
are, on general grounds, most anxious
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