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FM PEKING 3108452 MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 512 OF 31 MAY 79
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 319: IMMIGRATION
1. ZHANG SHANMING BEGAN BY REFERRING TO THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT IN MARCH FOR TALKS ON IMMIGRATION. THE POSITION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSISTENT AND CLEAR: THERE WERE CLOSE RELATIONS WITH HONG KONG AND A TRADITIONAL RIGHT OF TRAVELLING FREELY, PARTICULARLY TO VISIT RELATIVES.
IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO
INCREASE HONG KONG'S DIFFICULTIES BY ALLOWING GREAT NUMBERS
OF PEOPLE TO TRAVEL.
2. IN THE PAST UNDER THE GANG OF FOUR THE ECONOMY STAGNATED AND THE WISH OF CHINESE TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG WAS THWARTED. THE PRESSURE HAD THEREFORE PILED UP, BUT, AFTER THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES RAISED THE MATTER, CHINESE DEPARTMENTS TOOK NOTICE AND HAD BEEN ADOPTING SUITABLE MEASURES. INCLUDED LONG TERM MEARXES TO ADJUST THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND MORE IMMEDIATE MEASURES, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL WORK AND A CONTROL OF DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR ENTRY AND EXIT.
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THESE MEASURES
THE PRESENT SITUATION WAS THEREFORE IN ZHANG'S VIEW TENDING TO RELAX. LEGAL IMMIGRATION WAS GOING DOWN MONTH BY MONTH. IN MAY THE DAILY AVERAGE INFLOW WAS AROUND 108 HAD IN THIS LATTER PART OF MAY THE NUMBERS HAD BEEN GOING
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