TNAG-0907-FCO40-1117-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 70

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26 NOV 1979

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No

FM HONG KONG 230258Z NOV

PA

RIMR

26/11

Achon Take.

$

DESKBY 238 300 Z

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELNO 217 OF 23 NOVEMBER, 1979

INFO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND HONG KONG

GOVT. OFFICE LONDON.

FOR WILSON FROM ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER.

IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

1. ARRESTS TO Ø600 TODAY: 206, THERE WERE 57 ON A BOAT FROM HAIFENG AND 103 LAND CROSSERS, OF WHICH 43 IN THE SHATOUJIAO SECTO A NEW AND DISTURBING HIGH.

2. LEGAL ARRIVALS TO 22 NOVEMBER: 3,301. DAILY AVERAGE : 150.

3. IMMIGRATION WAS DISCUSSED AT THE ACTING GOVERNOR'S TEA

YESTERDAY FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GUANGDONG REVOLUTIONARY

COMMITTEE (TRANSITTING TO AUSTRALIA), BUT NO SIGNIFICANT

NEW POINTS CAME UP.

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