TNAG-1102-FCO40-1352-Smuggling-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-or-Taiwan-1981 — Page 13

布政司署

香港下亞厘畢道

本署檔號 OUR REF.:

CR 7/3571/80

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RD Clift Esq

CONFIDENTIAL

Mr Willanyfon fil

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

14 August, 1981

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Hong Kong & General Department FCO

SMUGGLING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA

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RECEIVED IN BEGGYRY NO. 51 24 AUG 1981

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Action Taken

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You, and even more so Peking, might find it useful to have on file the attached paper about the suppression of muggling which was discussed today at the Governor's Security Committee.

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Although smuggling has by no means been stamped out, we have made remarkably good progress in bringing it within more reasonable bounds and in demonstrating to the Chinese that we are conscious of the problem.

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Present activities to deter smuggling will continue. We are not contemplating any new changes to existing legislation (such as those referred to in para 11(c)). We will however arrange to pass on to the Chinese, at the newly established border liaison meetings, information about goods allegedly being sent legally to Chinese communes (and almost certainly being smuggled at their end) as described in para 9(a).

(D C Wilson)

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RJT McLaren

Far Eastern Department M W Atkinson Esq MBE PEKING

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