CO129-624-8 Immigration control- expulsion of undesirables 1-8-1949 - 31-1-1951 — Page 42

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now enclose a copy of H.K. Suving

507 Confidential of 8th May

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you

the Garr considers that the

No

will fee time has

that the

Спие

when actim sht be taken

under the Ordinance.

"is virtually upon us

EJ

immigration control meatures".

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(6)

In

his view the

Emergency

and Hee application of the

Ordinance

is

essential

carollery to the

He

new

up

requests that with

be the matter shd be take H.M. Chargé d'Affaires in

Peking

without delay.

justified.

We think that the Gur's view

The

is

is

2,317,000

large

anxiety

latest official estimate of population

this imust include

proportion of undesirables if The

new

La

immigratio

controls appear to be fairly effective in that the Intest repart is that

is that the

the number of arrivals in

the week ending love 7th May approximately

balanced the number of departures.

But it seems

sensible that the Gas" shd be

Gard

enabled to expel the 'undesirables' who have

only logical

already got into

the Territory.

malter is

You are

already

aware

Another factor which affects consen of this

the recent reduction in

the H.K.

qarrismo especially the transfer of the Commando

Bie.

that this trauster has serimsly increased the Gov's anxieties about the preservation of order in the

internal security.

We think that actim under the Ordinance

the for

as by prints aut

in paras 3,5,60

Colmy.

Inaw

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