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FM PEKING 168752Z OCT 83

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 674 OF 16 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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YOUR TELEGRAM NO 547: IMMIGRATION

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 20 OCT 1980

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REGISTRY Action Taken:

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1. I SAW GUO JIE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF WEST EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT, ON 16 OCTOBER (ALL SENIOR MEMBERS OF MFA WERE TAKEN UP WITH GISCARD'S VISIT) AND SPOKE AS IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 1316, LEAVING THE PRECISE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION VAGUE AND STRESSING THE NEED FOR SECRECY,

2. GUO JIE SAID THAT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAD ALREADY TRIED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BUT HAD NOT FULLY ACHIEVED THIS YET, THEY APPRECIATED THE EFFORTS ON THE BRITISH SIDE AND ALL NECESSARY MEASURES WOULD HAVE CHINESE SUPPORT. THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM ABOUT MAINTAINING SECRECY. HE UNDER- TOOK TO REPORT MY MESSAGE TO HIS LEADERS.

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THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

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