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COUNTER MEASURES ON BOTH SIDES:
4. ON THE HONG KONG SIDE, COUNTER MEASURES IN MAY-JULY (IN ADDITION TO STRONG DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON THE CHINESE TO HALT THE EXODUS) CULMINATED IN THE FULL TIME COMMITMENT OF ALL FOUR BATTALIONS OF THE GARRICSON, EVENTUALLY REINFORCED BY A FURTHER CHE AND A HALF BATTALIONS AND ADITIONAL NAVAL AND AIR ELEVENTS, AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF INCREASED LUMBERS OF POLICE. IN ADDITION, CN THE BORDER, FENCES WERE STRENGTHENED AND EXTENDED AND LIGHTING INSTALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS ADDITIONAL EFFORT REACHED ITS PEAK IN EARLY JULY.
6. THESE ACTIVITIES ON 30TH SIDES OF THE BORDER PRODUCED A DRAMATIC DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF THOSE CROSSING: DAILY AVERAGES CF ARRESTS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF JUNE, THE SECOND HALF OF JUNE AND FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WERE 625, 196 AND 20 RESPECTIVELY.
FLUX:
-THE RENEWED INFLUX:
97. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN
IN AUGUST AND THIS TREND ACCELERATED IN SEPTEMBER. THE DAILY DAVERAGE OF ARRESTS IN AUGUST ROSE TO 65 AND IN SPETEMBER TO 182.
(ON EACH OF THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF SEPTEMBER OVER 300 WERE CARRESTED.
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08. THE REASONS FOR THE NEW TREND LIE MAINLY ON THE CHINESE SIDE. WHEN. THE CHINESE BEGAN THEIR OWN INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN IN JUNE, WE AD EVIDENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL EMIGRANTS WHO WERE WAITING FOR THE DUST TO SETTLE BEFORE MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO GET AWAY. THEY NOW BELIEVE THAT THE TIME 13 RIPE. THE COMMUNIST CHINESE ARMY (CCA) REMAINS ACTIVE BUT LESS INTENSELY SO THAN IN JULY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE REINFORCEMENT TROOPS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND THAT THE TWO CUTER MILITARY CORDONS HAVE BECOME ATTENUATED: CUR EVIDENCE ON THIS POINT IS, HOWEVER, NOT CONCLUSIVE. THE ANTI ESCAPE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN HAS RUN OUT OF STEAM AND HEAVIER PUNISHMENTS WHICH WAS KEEN, THREATENED, IN JUNE ARE NOT IN GENERAL BEING IMPOSED. ON THE SHONG KONG SI THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE QOTICNEVERTHELESBEEN RUMOURS, E.G. OF TROOP WITHDRAWALS ON BOTH SIDES OR THE REPLACEMENT OF GURKHA BY SRITISH UNITS, HAVE STULATED UNTIL
ATTEMPTS AT ILLEGAL ENTRY.
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9. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COME FROM A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE JUST ACROSS THE BORDER. BESIDES GUANGZZHHOU -KXCANTON) ALMOST ALL COME FROM THE COUNTIES OF DONGGUAN,
HUIYANG, HUIDONG, HAIFENG, LUFENG AND THE NEW MUNICIPALITY OF SHENZHEN, I.E. AN AREA SOUNDED ROUGHLY BY THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY ON THE WEST, THE EAST RIVER ON THE NORTH AND THE CITY OF SHANTOU (SWATO) ON THE EAST. POTENTIAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, MOST OF WHOM ARE UNSOPHISTICATED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, ARE MUCH AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER IN DECIDING WHEN TO MAKE THEIR ATTE PT. THOSE COMIDA FNCM THE AREA DST JEEN HONG KONG-AND SHAKTOU wir cow
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