TNAG-0663-FCO40-812-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 94

British Embassy

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3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20008

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Date

2 March 1977

Dean Charles

REFUGEES FROM CHINA

08 MAR 1977

HKK341/30/1

1. I have received a letter from a member of the public here complaining about the Hong Kong Government's policy of returning refugees to China. The writer asks for an explanation of the policy and why it is that some refugees are returned but others acquire refugee status.

2. Could you let me have a line on this please?

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J P Millington

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