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FM FCO 111515Z SEP 80

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 764 OF 11 SEPTEMBER

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

35×36) MY TWO IPTS: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: BRIEFING

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF POINTS TO MAKE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:

1. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT LARGE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

REACHING HONG KONG. WHEN MR BLAKER RAISED THIS WITH THE AMBASSA-

DOR IN JUNE, THE DAILY AVERAGE WAS 262. IN AUGUST, THE AVERAGE

WAS OVER 400, AND IN SEPTEMBER,

2. A GREAT DEAL HAS BEEN DONE BY BOTH SIDES TO DEAL WITH THE

PROBLEM BUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET SUCCEEDED IN MASTERING IT IS NOW HAVING A SERIOUS EFFECT ON HONG KONG AND WILL DAMAGE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.

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WHAT MORE DO THE CHINESE THINK CAN BE DONE?

4. (IF CHINESE SUGGEST THAT HONG KONG CHANGE POLICY OF ALLOWING

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE REACHED BASE TO REMAIN): THE HONG

KONG GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. THERE

ARE GREAT DISADVANTAGES BUT IF THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES WOULD BE

PREPARED TO ALTER EXISTING POLICY.

5. (IF CHINESE DO NOT SUGGEST CHANGING THE POLICY): IF THE

CHINESE HAVE NO FURTHER MEASURES TO SUGGEST, BELIEVE THE TIME HAS

COME TO TAKE DRASTIC STEP OF ALTERING PRESENT POLICY OF ALLOWING

SUCCESSFUL EVADERS TO REMAIN.

6. BUT IF THEY DO CHANGE IT AND FLOW STILL CONTINUES, BUILD-UP OF

SUBMERGED WORLD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LIVING OUTSIDE

LAW VERY SERIOUSFOR HONG HONG.

HONG KONG ONLY INTRODUCE THESE MEASURES AS PART OF

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