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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
ELEGRAM NUMBER 434.
CONFIDENTIAL.
TO RAWALPINDI.
29 JULY 1969. (HKK 18/27)
ADDRESSED TO RAWALPINDI TELEGRAM NUMBER 434 OF 29 JULY AND TO
DELHI, KUALA LUMPUR, HC SINGAPORE, CANBERRA AND WELLINGTON
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.
HONG KONG SCHEME FOR CONTROL OF COMMONWEALTH. IMMIGRATION.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM GOVERNOR, HONG KONG THAT NEWS OF HIS PROPOSED
CONTROLS OVER COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION HAS LEAKED AND WILL APPEAR
IN TOMORROW'S EDITION OF FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW WHICH DISCLOSURE, THOUGH WRONG IN DETAIL, CONTAINS BASIC FACTS. REUTERS' CORRESPONDENT HAS SEEN ARTICLE AND NEWS MAY THUS BREAK TOMORROW IN LONDON, RAWALPINDI, ETC.
2. WE UNDERSTAND A STATEMENT MAY BE MADE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW.
WE WILL TELEGRAPH TEXT WHEN RECEIVED.
3. MEANWHILE, WE THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE EARLY STEPS TO INFORM GOVERNMENT TO WHICH YOU ARE ACCREDITED OF HONG KONG'S INTENTION TO INTRODUCE THESE CONTROLS, ADDING THAT FURTHER DETAILED
INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
STEWART.
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
H.K.D.
S.W. PAC. D.
MIG. & VISA DEPT.
F. EASTERN D.
SOUTH ASIAN D.
W. EUR. D.
COPY TO :
MR. BOXALL,
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE.
GGGGG
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