CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TOP CUPT
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 317
23 APRIL 1969
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.25 1 APK 169
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ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 317 CF 23 APRIL RFI DACCA, KARACHI,
NEW DELHI AND PEKING,
IMMIGRATION OF PAKISTANIS AND INDIANS.
I FEEL THAT YOUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE DRAWN TO THE BUILD-UP
IN NUMBERS OF PAKISTANIS AND INDIANS ENTERING HONG KONG.
UNLIKE THE MAJORITY OF COMMONWEALTH ENTRANTS WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE EITHER VISITORS OR HAVE SPECIAL SKILLS (DETAILED RECORDS ARE KEPT FOR ALIENS BUT NOT COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS) AND INCREASING
NUMBER OF THESE PAKISTANIS AND INDIANS APPARENTLY INTEND TO
MAKE THEIR HOMES HERE AND ARE TAKING UP UNSKILLED EMPLOYMENT
IN FACTORIES.
2. DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1968 TO MARCH 1969 THE NUMBERS OF
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES WERE AS FOLLOWS:
PAKISTANIS
INDIANS
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
28 APR 1969
НКК
2
HKK 18/2)
ARRIVING
2188
7066
DEPARTING
1535
6700
NUMBER REMAINING
653
366
130
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