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TELEGRAM NUMBER 9 OF 2 JANUARY INFO PEKING MOD UK (DS11) HONG

1979

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RECEIVED IN REG.STRV .O. 51 KONG GOVT OFFER LONDON

DESK OFFICER INDEX

MYTELNO 1692: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA

1. LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT VISAS FOR

HONG KONG OR ONWARD DESTINATIONS

DAILY AVERAGE

DOCUMENTS USED:

A) ONE-WAY TRAVELPERMITS

PA

HEMISTRY

Action Taken

HW

OP COPY

DEGËMBER STTŘEP

See

(NOVEMBER IN BRACKETS)

4,924

159

(4,604)

(153)

335

(339)

(B) RETURN TRAVEL PERMITS

4,589

(4,265)

(C) PASSPORTS

Ø (Ø)

2. LEGAL ARRIVALS WITH ONWARD VISAS

1,058

(1,641)

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3. ILLEGALS REPATRIATED

DAILY AVERAGE

4. CUMULATIVE FIGURES FOR 1979

(JANUARY DECEMBER):

*15,202* (9,245)

490 (308)

A. LEGAL ARRIVAL WITHOUT ONWARD TRAVEL DOCUMENTS :70,456 DAILY AVERAGE :193) (OF WHICH 69,041 PERMIT HOLDERS AND 1,415

*

ON PASSPORTS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS OR VALID VISA-PROMISE LETTERS).

B. ILLEGALS REPATRIATED *89,652* (DAILY AVERAGE 246). CATER

FILE S

HK & GD

FED

SEAD

UND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON