TNAG-0907-FCO40-1117-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 74

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CONFIDENTIAL

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PAVED A SEGIST V MOA

2 1 NOV 1979

GRS 135

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DESKEY 210300Z PEKING

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FM HONG KONG 213258Z NOV 79

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1643 OF 21 NOVEMBER

IND

No

RAMR

21/11.

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PRIORITY MODUK (DS11), ROUTINE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNO 1623: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

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1. THE DAILY 24-HOUR ARREST FIGURES OVER THE PAST 5 DAYS TO

0603 LOCAL TODAY HAVE BEEN: 462, 234, 146, 247, 201. THESE ARE

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING SINCE RECENT HIGH WINDS AND LOWER

TEMPERATURES SHOULD HAVE HELPED BRING NUMBERS DOWN. THERE HAVE

BEEN RELATIVELY FEW ARRESTS IN EASTERN WATERS, MOST BEING IN THE DEEP BAY AREA AND, INCREASINGLY, ACROSS THE LAND BORDER.

2. THE SOUTHERN DAILY OF CANTON REPORTED ON 14 NOVEMBER THAT PRISON SENTENCES OF 5, 4 AND 1 YEAR HAVE BEEN PASSED BY A COURT IN SHAOGUAN MUNICIPALITY ON THREE PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE

ILLEGALLY BY TRAIN WHO BEAT UP PEOPLE WHILE DOING SO.

CATER

FILES

HK-GD

USD

News.D PS/ML GLAKER MA CORTAZZ-I HR HURLAY

COPICS Tg!

Hong Kong

GOVT OFFICE LONDON

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