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Mr Rexí

CONFIDENTIAL

Hong Kong Department

Reference

with

1h (34)

I attach our draft reply to Hong Kong telegram 864 asking whether Hong Kong Chinese (ie those who are stateless) will be given an allocation of work permits in 1972 and 1973.

The answer is that permits will continue to be issued to aliens regardless of their country of origin and the DEP see no reason at all to embark.on the tortuous Pather of national quotas.

path

Our many Chinese restaurants seldom employ

any persons who are not of Chinese race and this is likely to guarantee a continued though reduced flow from Hong Kong.

کہ

J H Mallett

Migration and Visa

Department

26 November 1971

Mr. esamimara.

Copics of

серо

the relevant tolograms

are attached.

I think the draft roply is all right except for the fiind paragraph, which might be lift out. I doubt

that it wrmed be true

to

say that the Hongkong

British

Subject coming here to work has

amy

more intention of seething permanently

in the UK than the HK ation.

Rodraft agrood with ther Mallett and

29/1

despatched

CONFIDENTIAL

mého

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