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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1716 OF 6 DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11),
PEKING.
MY TELNO 1666: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
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1. THE 24 HOUR ARREST FIGURES FOR THE PAST 9 DAYS TO 0600 LOCAL TODAY HAVE BEEN : 471, 514, 376, 480, 274, 236, 423, 388, 649. TODAY'S TOTAL IS THE HIGHEST SINCE 28 OCTOBER AND CONTAINED A NEW AND DISTURBING ELEMENT SOME 90 ILLEGALS ON A MOTORIZED JUNK FROM JINJING (6855 0064), NORTH-EAST OF XIAMEN (AMOY) IN FUJIAN PROVINCE. THESE ILLEGALS (HALF FEMALE) CLAIM TO BE OVERSEAS CHINESE WHO HAVE BEEN REFUSED EXIT PERMITS. (THERE IS NO SIGN THAT ANY ARE REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM). THEY ALSO CLAIM THAT TWO OR THREE SIMILAR BOATS FROM FUJIAN HAVE REACHED HONG KONG.
THIS IS HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD FIRM EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BY BOAT FROM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN GUANGDONG.
2. TODAY'S LEFT-WING PRESS REPORTS THAT THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE HAS PASSED A SET OF REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO COUNTER ILLEGAL EMIGRATION. WE SHALL REPORT
DETAILS AS SOON AS WE CAN DISCOVER THEM.
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