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FM FCO 011809Z AUG 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 617 OF 1 AUGUST 1979

INFO MODUK (FOR HEAD/DS5)

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MY TELNO 584: IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO.3) ORDINANCE.

1. OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN DRAWN TO ARTICLE 22 OF THE 1958 GENEVA

CONVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS, WHICH SPECIFICALLY FORBIDS THE

STOPPING OF FOREIGN MERCHANT SHIPS BY A WARSHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS

UNLESS THERE IS REASONABLE GROUND FOR SUSPECTING THAT

(A) THE SHIP IS ENGAGED IN PIRACY: OR

(B) THE SHIP IS ENGAGED IN THE SLAVE TRADE: OR

(C) THOUGH FLYING A FOREIGN FLAG OR REFUSING TO SHOW ITS FLAG, THE SHIP IS IN REALITY OF THE SAME NATIONALITY AS THE WARSHIP.

SINCE NONE OF THESE INSTANCES WOULD SEEM TO OBTAIN, IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE USE OF ROYAL NAVAL SHIPS FOR THE PURPOSES OF

ACTION ON THE HIGH SEAS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE AS NOW

REVISED.

2. YOU WILL NO DOUBT BEAR THIS POINT IN MIND IN MAKING YOUR PLANS

FOR OPERATIONS UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

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CODIES TO :

HONG KANG GOVT Office

LONDON

HL Conrnzal

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