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Awallo
FM HONG KONG 070835Z OCTOBER 30
TO IMMEDIATE FC 0-
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1317 OF 07 OCTOBER (CORRECTED VERSION) INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, TOKYO (FOR SIR E YOUDE)
MIPT: IMMIGRATION
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WANG TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT VISITORS' PERMITS TO COME TO
HONG KONG WOULD NOW BE LIMITED TO THREE MONTHS, EXCEPT IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES (THIS COMPARES WITH AN AVERAGE OF
9 - 12 MONTHS AT PRESENT). IT WAS UP TO US TO ENSURE THAT THESE
PEOPLE RETURNED AFTER THESE VISITS BY NOT, AS NOY, GIVING THEM
PERMITS TO STAY.
2. I SAID THAT THIS WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT I DOUBTED WHETHER IT WENT FAR ENOUGH. AS FOR REFUSING THESE-
PEOPLE PERMISSION TO STAY LONGER, WANG KNEW WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING
ON ILLEGALS. THAT WAS ENOUGH TO COPE WITH AT THE MOMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THE PROBLEM OF MAKING VISITS
GENUINE IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME ONCE WE HAD GOT ILLEGAL
MOVEMENT UNDER CONTROL. WANG SAID HE UNDERSTOOD.
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