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FM HONG KONG 051100Z DEC 79

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1712 OF 5 DECEMBER

INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON PEKING MOD UK (DS11)

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MYTELNO 1699: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

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PARA 1(11) OF MY TUR MIGHT WRONGLY GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE CHINESE HAVE DEALT AT SOURCE WITH THE PROBLEM OF PASSPORT HOLDERS COMING HERE WITHOUT VISAS FOR HONG KONG OR AN ONWARD DESTINATION. THIS IS NOT INFACT THE CASE. THEIR TAKING ACTION TO DEAL WITH THE PREVIOUS ABUSE HAS TAKEN THE FORM OF ACCEPTING BACK AT THE BORDER PEOPLE IN THIS CATEGORY WHOM WE HAVE

REFUSED ON THE GROUNDS OF INADEQUATE CNWARD DOCUMENTATION. 2. BEFORE 12 SEPTEMBER THE CHINESE NEVER ACCEPTED BACK PEOPLE IN THIS CATEGORY. AFTER THAT THEY STARTED TO DO SO, FOLLOWING REPEATED AND DETAILED DISCUSSIONS HERE WITH THE NCNA. AT FIRST ACCEPTANCE BACK WAS SOMEWHAT HESITANT BUT SINCE 24 OCTOBER ALL THOSE WE HAVE REJECTED HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BACK BY THE CHINESE.

THE TOTAL REJECTED IN NOVEMBER WAS 560.

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