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TIME FOR TRAINING AND GENERAL WORK. WE HAVE TOLD THE CHINESE

THAT WE WOULD GLADLY HELP OVER TRAINING FOR REASONABLE NUMBERS

UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. BUT UNTIL THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM

IS UNDER CONTROL WE COULD NOT CONTEMPLATE IT. FULL RECORD OF THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S LATEST CONVERSATION WITH NCNÄ ON

THE SUBJECT FOLLOWS BY BAG,

5. THE LATEST IMMIGRATION FIGURES ARE IN MY TELNO 665. 30 FAR

THIS MONTH OVER 12,002 ILLEGALS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND REPATRIATED:

AN AVERAGE OF OVER 430 A DAY,

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