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OFFERED RIGHT OF ABODE TO SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS AND ABOVE.

WHILE UK NATIONALITIES BILL ALLOWS GRANTING OF RIGHT OF ABODE

TC INDIVIDUALS,HKONG GOVT INSISTS IT HAS NOT/NOT BEEN GRANTED

AND WILL NOT/NOT BE GRANTED TO ANY GROUP.FACT REMAINS THAT

RUMOUR HAS PROVOKED DISCONTENT AMONG POLICE AND OTHER PUBLIC

SURVANTS.

5.THIRD EVENT WAS RECENT VISIT TO PEKIN BY GROUP OF ACADEMICS.

WHILE THEY HAVE SAID LITTLE PUBLICLY, RUMOUR AGAIN HAS IT THAT

THEY WERE DISCOURAGED PARTICULARLY BY LECTURE THEY PURPORTEDLY

RECEIVED RE THEIR DUTY TO PREPARE THEIR STUDENTS FOR CHINESE

TAKEOVER.

6.IT IS VERY DIFFICULT THESE DAYS TO DETERMINE WHICH IS CAUSE

AND WHICH IS EFFECT, BUT SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN VALUE OF HKONG

DOLLAR HAS NOT/NOT HELPED NOR HAS IMPROBABLE THEORY BEING

ADVANCED BY SOME THAT PRC WOULD WELCOME ECONOMIC INSTABILITY

HERE IN HOPE THAT THIS WOULD LEAD TO HKONG CHINESE WELCOMING

THEIR INTERVENTION TO RESTORE STABILITY.

7.IMPORTANT MSG IN ALL THIS IS THAT ACUTE NERVOUSNESS IS NEVER

FAR BELOW SURFACE AND BUBBLES UP AT ANY PROVOCATION.WE CONTINUE

TO SEE EVIDENCE IN OUR OWN IMMIG PROGRAM.FIRST THREE MONTHS OF

1983 SAW ENTREPRENEURIAL IMMIGRANTS TO CDA TRANSFER CDN DOLLARS

130 MILLION.THIS IS AMOUNT FOR WHICH WE HAVE ABSOLUTE PROOF AT

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