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FM HONG KONG 141005Z OCT 82

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 506 OF 14 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY FCO

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MY TWO IPTS: LEGAL IMMIGRATION.

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THE PROPORTION OF ONE-WAY TO TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS HAS UNTIL

RECENTLY REMAINED MORE OR LESS CONSTANT AT 75 PERCENT TO 25

PERCENT SINCE OCTOBER 1981.

2. FOR A FEW DAYS IN LATE SEPTEMBER, THE PROPORTION OF TWO-WAY

PERMIT HOLDERS ROSE TO ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. SINCE THEN,

THE PROPORTION OF TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS HAS FALLEN PROGRESSIVELY

BACK TO THE OLD FIGURE OF ABOUT 25 PERCENT. THERE HAVE, HOWEVER,

BEEN QUITE WIDE VARIATIONS FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. IT IS TOO

EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THE REDUCTION IN THE PROPORTION OF ONE-WAY

PERMIT HOLDERS WAS AN ACCIDENT OF DUE TO DELIBERATE EFFORTS ON

THE PART OF THE CHINESE IN RESPONSE TO OUR APPROACHES. WE SHALL

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FIGURES CLOSELY.

YOUDE

LIMITED

HKO SD

FED

PUSD.

MRGIFFARD MRDONALD

MRURE

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