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TO IMMEDIATE BELGRADE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 275 OF 21 OCTOBER

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG

FOLLOWING FOR APS/MR BLAKER FROM HKGD

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MR BLAKER WILL WISH TO SEE TEXT OF HONG KONG TELNO 1375 WHICH

FOLLOWS:

1. I SPENT YESTERDAY MORNING DISCUSSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WITH

VICE GOVERNOR LIU TIANFU (IN CHARGE OF DAILY WORK) AND THREE

OTHER VICE GOVERNORS, INCLUDING THE ONE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC

SECURITY.

2.

AFTER OUTLINING THE PROBLEM AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CONTINU-

ING TO SUFFER THE PRESENT INFLUX, I EXPLAINED THE NEW MEASURES WE

PROPOSED TO ADOPT. I SAID THESE INVOLVED A RISK FOR HONG KONG

AND WERE ONLY JUSTIFIABLE IF ON THE CHINESE SIDE A MAJOR COMPLE-

MENTARY EFFORT WERE MADE TO PERSUADE PEOPLE THAT IT WAS NO LONGER

WORTH TRYING TO GET TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY AND TO STOP THEM

ATTEMPTING IT.

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3. LIU, AND THE OTHERS, CONFIRMED THAT ENDING THE REACHED BASE'

POLICY AND DENIAL OF EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANTABLOW TO

THOSE PLANNING TO LEAVE ILLEGALLY AND THAT THE CHINESE WOULD TAKE

FURTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES ON THEIR SIDE. BUT LIU SHIED AWAY

FROM DIRECT ASSOCIATION OF THEIR MEASURES WITH OURS MAINTAINING

THAT THIS WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY INDICATED BY MY SAYING THAT CHINA

HAD AGREED TO ACCEPT BACK ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHETHER FOUND IN THE

URBAN AREAS OR ELSEWHERE. WE HEADED THEM OFF A PROPOSAL THAT OUR

NEW MEASURES REQUIRED DISCUSSION OF NEW PROCEDURES FOR RETURN OF

II'S.

4. LAST NIGHT YANG SHANGKUN (ACTING GOVERNOR IN THE ABSENCE OF XI

AND SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATE OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE

NPC AND FOR MANY YEARS MAO'S SECRETARY) GAVE A SMALL INFORMAL

DINNER ATTENDED BY LIU AND OTHERS. HE HAD ALSO COME TO GREET ME

ON ARRIVAL AT THE GUEST HOUSE LATE THE PREVIOUS EVENING. YANG WAS

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