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of textiles into this country. We would wish to

avoid, if at all possible, taking any action at

this stage which might lead to a further

deterioration in those relations.

Under our own recently enacted immigration legislation,

any citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who is in this

country and who is to be removed or deported on the grounds

that his presence here is not condusive to the public good,

has a right of appeal. But the Commonwealth Immigrants

Acts differentiate between categories of citizens of the

United Kingdom and Colonies in many respects, as will the

Immigration Act 1971. And there is no logical reason why

the attitude of Hong Kong towards the removal or

deportation of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies

(other than United Kingdom belongers) should necessarily

be the same as that of the United Kingdom. The Colony

does not have the same relationship with such persons as

does the United Kingdom and the conditions and circumstances

in Hong Kong are different.

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