TNAG-0801-FCO40-1005-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 78

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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.580 OF 8 MAY 78,

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

(38) 357

YOUR TELNO.357 : LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

1. THE POLITICAL ADVISER SPOKE TODAY TO CHUN YI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR

OF THE NCNA, ON THE LINES OF PARA.4 OF MY TELNO.568. (THE DIRECTOR WAS OUT OF HONG KONG). IN REFERRING TO AN IDEAL** MAXIMUM AVERAGE OF FIFTY A DAY, HE MADE THE POINT THAT THIS REFERRED TO THOSE WHO WOULD STAY IN HONG KONG RATHER THAN THOSE

IN TRANSIT ONLY,

2. CHU YI SAID THAT HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FIGURES AND

IMPLIED THAT PEKING MIGHT NOT BE EITHER. HE SAID THAT HE COULD UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS POSED FOR HONG KONG AND THAT HE WOULD REPORT THE CONVERSATION TO THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED IN CHINA,

3. THE CONVERSATION WAS FRIENDLY AND CO-OPERATIVE. WE MUST NOW HOPE THAT THE MESSAGE WILL GET THROUGH TO THE CHINESE. THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE POLITICAL ADVISER TO PURSUE THE SUBJECT WHEN NE VISITS PEKING AND CANTON NEXT WEEK,

4, A FULL RECORD OF THE CONVERSATION WILL FOLLOW BY BAG.

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