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letter
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L H Curzon Esq CB
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From
Mr Wilford
Telephone No. & Ext.
AUS(CF)
Ministry of Defence Main Building
Department
1.
Thank you very much for your letter of
and will let
let you
know also about
prostothe artstration
by the Themary.
Mi
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24 February (AUS (CF)/7576) about the Snake Fence.
am very interested to read that you were advised by
the Command Secretary in Hong Kong that the Hong Kong
Government were under the impression that the FCO were
going to meet the cost of the Fence. I wonder if you
would be kind enough to let us have a copy of the
Command Secretary's report. It would be particularly
interesting to know who in the Hong Kong Government
gave him this impression.
If the Command Secretary's
communication was in 1967 I presume it referred to the
Commonwealth Office rather than to the FCO,
but this will no doubt emerge if you can send us a
copy of the communication.
2.
Lin the meantimes
We are looking urgently into the matter in the
light of your letter
but I would just make two points:
But
(a) It is true that illegal immigration Car be
held to apply to anyone who crosses
an international barrier but doubt if the
influx of refugees from Bangladesh into
West Bengal was called illegal immigration by
anybody and that was precisely the situation
with which we might have had to deal in
Hong Kong.
(b) I accept that Hall, in his letter of 4
October 1967 expressed views on
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