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FM HONG KONG 120935Z SEP

DESKBY FCO 121080Z

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1169 OF 12 SEPTEMBER, 1980

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING.

40.4.

YOUR TELNO 762: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VIST TO HONG KONG

BRIEFING.

1. MY ONLY COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT POINTS TO MAKE ONE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (YOUR TELNO 764) ARE1-

(A) PARA 7 OMIT SECOND SENTENCE. NO NEED TO RAISE THIS. (B) AMEND PARA 8 TO READ:

''IF THESE MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN, THE NEW POLICY WILL BE INTRODUCED FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE GUANGDON AUTHORITIES DESIGNED TO SECURE MAXIMUM IMPACT ON

BOTH SIDES’’.

WE DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT OURSELVES TO AGREEING A DATE.

(C) ADD NEW PARA 9.

EMPHASISE NEED FOR STRICT SECRECY TO AVOID PROVOKING AN

INFLUX MEANWHILE.

2. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING A SEPARATE ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT POSITION

3. A NUMBER OF TOPICS NOT MENTIONED IN THE DRAFT STEERING BRIEF (YOUR TELNO 763) COULD BE RAISED IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE OR BY

UNOFFICIALS:

(A) AIR SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS OVER THE HONG KONG/SHANGHAI ROUTE: AND

(B) PLANS FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR KAI TAK. WE ARE TELEGRAPHING TEXT OF LETTER FROM P.A. TO CLIFT, WHICH WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE BAG ON 18 SEPTEMBER.

(C) THE LEVEL OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

MACLEHOSE

LIMITED HK rq D FED

SIR-E YOUDE MR DONALD

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