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HONGKONG FOUNDUP CONT D

HE SAID DESPITE ITS OWN OVER-FOPULATION PROBLEMS, HK HAD FOR HORE THAN THREE, YEARS

TAKEN A HUMANITARIAN STAND IN PROVIDING TEMPORARY ASYLUM FOR THE REFUGEES. A REAL DANGER

WAS THAT MANY OF THEM WERE COMING TO LOOK UPON HK AS A PLACE FOR FERMANENT RESIDENCE AND

OTHERS MIGHT BE TRINKING OF JOINING THEM.

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"THIS MUST BE DISCOURAGED AT ALL COSTS AND ALL REASONABLE STEPS TAKEN TO DENER FURTHER

ARRIVALS," MR. LOBO STRESSED,

"UNPLEASANT THOUGH IT MAY BE," HE SAID, "THE CONFINEMENT OF NEWCOMERS TO CLOSED CAMPS

IB SEEN AS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS THIS END. THIS IS NO MORE THAT MANY COUNTRIES HAVE

DONE FROM THE OUTSET."

CALL TIME 1744 FINISH TIME 1748

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