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FROM P I WEBB, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER HONG KONG

FILE REF SCR 1/2071/79 PT 2. DATED 28 MAY 1982

FOLLOWING FOR J W OWEN, ESQ MBE PEKING

N J COX ESQ, FED FCO

MYTELNO 220: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY HEAD OF MFA CONSULAR DEPARTMENT. 1. THE VISIT BY NIE GONGCHENG AND LIN YONGPING PROVIDED A MOST USEFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE AND FURTHER DEVELOP CONTACTS AT A WORKING LEVEL ON IMMIGRATION MATTERS.

2. NIE AND LIN WERE MET AT THE AIRPORT ON 17 MAY BY JOHN YEUNG OF

IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. THEY PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION (D OF 1) AT 1100 ON 18 MAY. THE DISCUSSION WAS UNREMARK ABLE BUT GAVE D OF 1 AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS ON NIE THE DIFFICULTIES FACED BY AN IMMIGRATION SERVICE OPERATING IN AN ALREADY OVER-POPULATED TERRITORY. THE POINT SEEMED TO BE

TAKEN ON BOARD BY NIE. BOTH SIDES LOOKED FORWARD TO FUTURE CONTACT

AND DISCUSSION.