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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1020 OF 17 JULY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

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MY TELNO 964: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

1.

153

10-16 JUL

CUMULATIVE SINCE

1 JAN 1979

LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT

VISAS FOR HONG KONG OR

ONWARD DESTINATIONS

950

43,182

see 158

DAILY AVERAGE

136

219

ILLEGALS REPATRIATED

77

45,577

DAILY AVERAGE

11

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2. WE HAVE PASSED THESE FIGURES TO THE NCNA, NOTING THAT ON 14 JULY THERE WERE 98 ARRIVALS, THE FIRST DAY ON WHICH THE TOTAL HAS BEEN UNDER 100 SINCE 10 FEBRUARY 1978. WHILE THESE FIGURES ARE

ENCOURAGING, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO REMARK ON THEM TO THE CHINESE IN PEKING OR LONDON UNTIL WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF THIS RENEWED DOWNWARD TREND BEING MAINTAINED,

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