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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 686 OF 28 MAY
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TEL 415: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
1. YOUR PARA 1. ASSUMPTION AGREED.
2. YOUR PARA 2. FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE WOULD NOT
BE NECESSARY FOR PRESENTATIONAL PURPOSES HERE. THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE MEASURES WOULD HAVE WIE SUPPORT HERE AT THE TIME: OUR CONCERN IS RATHER WITH THE FRICTION AND RESENTMENT THAT TIME
MIGHT BRING, PARTICULARLY IF THE MEASURES WERE NOT SEEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
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3. HOWEVER WE WOULD WELCOME SUCH REPRESENTATIONS FOR THEIR WON
SAKE, AND PERHAPS THEY WOULD HAVE VALUE IN CASE OF UK CRITICISM.
4. YOUR PARA 3. NOT NECESSARY FOR PRESENTATIONAL REASONS HERE, BUT NO OBJECTION IN PRINCIPLE. HOWEVER A SERIOUS DETERIORATION MIGHT FORCE US TO RECOMMEND INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEASURES, THOUGH THIS IS UNLIKELY WITHIN A PERIOD OF SAY SIX WEEKS FROM NOW.
5. YOUR PARA 4. THIS SEEMS RIGHT. MANY REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT A HIGH LEVEL INCLUDING RECENTLY TO HUANG HUA HERE, AND THE CHINESE RATE OF CAPTURE IS QUITE HIGH. IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT YET FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS MAY PROVOKE A COUNTER REQUEST THAT WE INTRODUCE THE SORT OF MEASURES WE HAVE IN MIND: BUT NO
HARM IN THAT
6. YOUR PARA 5. FIRST TWO SENTENCES AGREED. LAST SENTENCE: | VERY MUCH HOPE SO SINCE THE RESULTS OF LEAKAGE COULD BE SERIOUS, BUT IT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED.
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