TNAG-0802-FCO40-1006-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 16

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6. IF YOU RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS FROM FCO ALLOWING YOU TO MAKE

REPRESENTATIONS ON LEGAL IMMIGRATION BY 13 DECEMBER, WE SUGGEST ALL THESE MATTERS BE DEALT WITH AT THE SAME TIME, OTHERWISE, AND UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DISADVANTAGES IN

LOSING THE DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE PROBLEMS OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND OF ILLEGALS ORIGINALLY FROM VIETNAM, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD RAISE THIS CASE SEPARATELY ON 13 DECEMBER AND ALSO ASK IF THE CHINESE ARE NOW PREPARED TO ACCEPT BACK THE EARLIER GROUPS OF ILLEGALS. penome tre sau prema

7. YOU WILL WISH TO NOTE THAT AT 10 DECEMBER THE DAILY AVERAGE OF LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS WAS 333 (COMPARED WITH 304 IN NOVEMBER AND 257 IN OCTOBER). WILL SEND FULI. UP TO DATE FIGURES AS SOON AS THE FCO APPROVES REPRESENTATIONS.

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON