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yo you were in song sony last wek, jul entioned that officials in the 1. Pn. dad ajkul casually whether inmigration statistics took into account those who returnel to shira at Lowu.

agreed, I erclose a useful table prepared by migration Jepartmert showing that in 1977 and up to Lay 1973 only 1.7. of those who arrive at oma suusoyucutly return within the period of validity generally thres

onths) of their original Chinese travel docume.ts. The majority of those returning to China do 25 on declarations of identity (for which figures tre recorded suparately) with re-entry visas for Hong Kong. As the figures show, the arrival and departure figures for › of i holders balance prosty evenly. You ray pass these figures to the Chinese; (pe have already given them to Ch here following their Director's remax last month to avid ilson that "thezc would be an increase jäi those returning to China" our telno 7:4 to

para 3). You should

rot, of course, vive the witness the bidexdown into categories of lose arriving and departing since the tem "gro- entrants/ la strictly a long long inmigration teži. and, ay vore at present, does not imply the existence of any Form of mota arrangerent.

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if a suitable opportunity arises, we should also be franciul # you could Pind out what statistics are sent to the i? A for those crossing at Lowu and how quickly these are available.

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