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PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NO. 439

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TO KUALA LUMPUR

8 JULY 1969 (FW)

ADDRESSED TO KUALA LUMPUR TELEGRAM NO. 439 OF 3 JULY AND TO H.C.

SINGAPORE REPTD FOR INFMN TO WELLINGTON CANBERRA AND HONG KONG.

HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 519. IMMIGRATION OF COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS.

YOU SHOULD KNOW OF THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION, WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE

ENACTED SHORTLY. WHEN WE HAVE EXAMINED THE RELEVANT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMORANDUM, WE SHALL ASK YOU TO ADVISE THE MALAYSIAN/ SINGAPORE AUTHORITIES, IN CONFIDENCE AND IN ADVANCE, OF HONG KONG'S

INTENTION TO INTRODUCE THESE CONTROLS.

2. WE NOTE THAT HONG KONG IS NOT LISTED AMONG THE SEVEN COMMONWEALTH

COUNTRIES THAT ATTRACT MOST ENQUIRIES IN KUALA LUMPUR ABOUT THE POSSIBILITYIES OF IMMIGRATION FROM MALAYSIA (CLIFTS' LETTER OF 4 JULY.).

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DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION.

S.W.P.D.

MIG. & VISA DEPT.

FAR EASTERN DEPT.

HONG KONG DEPT.

SOUTH ASIAN DEPT.

WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT.

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