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22 FEB1977
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TO IMMEDIATE F C 0 TELNO 184 OF 22 FEBRUARY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
YOUR TELNO. 125:
PQ BY SIR JOHN RODGERS, MP.
FOLLOWING FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT,
LAKI
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IN ADDITION TO BACKGROUND REFERENCES IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR
FEH 18/3 T.U.R., YOU MAY FIND USEFUL MATERIAL IN HONG KONG TELNOS. 1182 OF
of
1975
(56)
065
24 NOVEMBER 1975 AND 1236 OF 5 DECEMBER 1975.
2. WE NOTE FROM OUR FILES THAT SIR JOHN RODGERS WAS ONE OF THE MPS APPROACHED BY THE 'FREE CHINA RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF TAIWAN AND THAT LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS HAS TWICE WRITTEN TO HIM ABOUT OUR POLICY ON ILLEGALS FROM CHINA (27 JANUARY 1975 AND 16 FEBRUARY 1976).
IN THE SAME CONTEXT YOU MAY ALSO CARE TO LOOK UP THE GOVERNOR'S LETTER OF 13 FEBRUARY 1976 TO SIR JOHN LANGFORD-HOLT, MP, A COPY OF WHICH WAS SENT TO LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.
3. THE FOLLOWING IS UP-TO-DATE COMMENT AND INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE QUESTION:
(A) AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONTINUES TO EVADE DETECTION ON ENTRY. HOWEVER, SINCE THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE POLICY OF REFUSING ENTRY ON 30 NOVEMBER 1974 UP TO 15 FEBRUARY 1977, 2,305 PERSONS HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED TRYING TO ENTER HONG KONG ILLEGALLY FROM CHINA AND BEEN RETURNED.
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/ (B) WE DO NOT
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