TNAG-0905-FCO40-1115-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 47

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FM HONG KONG 260715Z JUN 79

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.863 OF 26 JUNE,

INFO PRIORITY: PEKING,

ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNO.834 : IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

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THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER TOLD THE NCNA TODAY THAT WE WERE VERY DISTURBED AT SIGNS THAT THE NUMBER OF LEGAL ARRIVALS WAS NO LONGER DECREASING. THE RUNNING DAILY AVERAGE TO DATE IN JUNE (166) WAS LOWER THAN THE OVERALL MAY AVERAGE (183). HOWEVER, DURING MAY THERE HAD BEEN A STEADY DOWNWARD TREND AND THE AVERAGE OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS OF MAY HAD BEEN 154. NCNA NOTED OUR

CONCERN. FULL RECORD FOLLOWS BY BAG.

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PSIPUS SIRA OUFF

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MR CORTAZZ MR MURRA MR. P. MOBE

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