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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1303 OF 03 OCTOBER

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

FOR HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT

1. HONG AID REFERRED TO YOUR INTEREST IN AN AFP REPORT OF

OCTOBER 1 RELATING TO HUANG HUA'S VISIT.

2. WE CHECKED WITH LOCAL AFP BUREAU WHO SAID THEY THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN A MISTAKE (IN TRANSLATION PERHAPS) AT THE LONDON END. SCMP CARRIED MOST OF THE REPORT VERBATIM INCLUDING THE PHRASE, ''CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG HUA TODAY ASKED BRITAIN TO TAKE STEPS TO CONTROL CANDESTINE IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE INTO HONG KONG''. NO CHINESE MORNING PAPERS PICKED UP THE REPORT BUT IT WAS CARRIED IN SOME OF THE AFTERNOON PAPERS. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO REACTION OR FOLLOW UP INTEREST.

3. FULL TEXT OF REPORT IN SCMP HAS BEEN PASSED TO HONG AID.

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