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EM MANILA ɔɔ330% MAY 79

TO PRIORITY ECO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 157 05 MAY

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29:5

AND TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR,

JAKARTA,

BANGKOK AND UKMIS GENEVA.

REFUGEES.

1. AT AD3 PLENARY SESSION MORNING 3 MAY THE GOVERNOR FOR HONG KONG (HADDON-CAVE, FINANCIAL SECRETARY) MADE A LONG STATEMENT WITH DETAILED FIGURES OF RECENT IMMIGRATION AND ATTEMPTS AT IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG AND OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ENDING

VITY APDEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AFTER INITIAL REFERENCES .3 IND2-CHINA'', HE REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO VIETNAM BY NAME

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BUT WITHOUT DISCUSSION OF CAUSES OF DEFUGEE FLOW.

2. PRESS NOT PRESENT BUT ALL GOVERNORS' STATEMENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY

RELEASED IN FULL.

3. FULL TEXT BY HAND OF CARTER, ODM, TUESDAY 3 MAY.

BENTLEY

Blu 9.5.1979

to me

4.6.

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UND

SEAD

FED

SAD

EID (E)

PUSD

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IPD

NEWS D MVD

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PS/LORD GORONWY

ROBERTS

PS/MR LUARD

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR LEAHY

MR MURRAY

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

MR BURLEIGH

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QUEEN ANNE'S GATE

MR BIRT

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