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TELEGRAM NUMBER 805 OF 14 OCTOBER 1982
INFO ROUTINE BOMBAY (ACTIONED)
YOUR GUIDANCE TELNO 187: IMMIGRATION RULES
Dr. Burton
As coment on 806.
1. THE CHANGE IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES IS CERTAIN TO ATTRACT PRESS
ATTENTION HERE, ON THE BASIS OF REPORTS FILED BY INDIAN
CORRESPONDENTS IN LONDON. ON PAST EXPERIENCE, THESE REPORTS MAY
WELL CONTAIN INACCURACIES. WITH THIS DANGER IN MIND, WE CONSIDER
IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE ISSUING A SHORT PRESS RELEASE HERE DESCRIBING
THE MAJOR CHANGES, IN PARTICULAR THAT AFFECTING HUSBANDS AND FIANCES. THIS WOULD PUT THE FACTS ON THE RECORD AND, DEPENDING ON
THE TIMING OF ITS RELEASE, MIGHT PRE-EMPT REPORTS FILED FROM LONDON.
WE PROPOSE THEREFORE TO ISSUE THE TEXT IN MIFT TO COINCIDE WITH
THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN LONDON.
2. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS AND FOR THE
DATE AND TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
30:
IN ADDITION TO THE PRESS RELEASE, WE INTEND TO GIVE THE INDIAN
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS A NOTE BASED ON YOUR TUR. THIS WILL
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE FOREARMED AGAINST POSSIBLE QUESTIONS IN
PARLIAMENT, WHICH IS NOW IN SESSION.
WADE-GERY
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