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TELEGRAM NUMBER 378 OF 1 MARCH

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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YOUR TELNOS 534 AND 535: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

AND REFUGEES: PQ BY ROBERT PARRY MP

1.

MANY THANKS FOR HELPFUL INFORMATION IN TURS. ON THE BASIS

OF THESE, AND OF FURTHER RESEARCH INTO RECORDS HELD HERE, WE

SUGGEST FOLLOWING REPLY: relating to the fatus & rebugees,

1951 CONVENTION, WAS NOT EXTENDED TO HONG KONG

BEGINS:

THE

BECAUSE OF THE TERRITORY'S SMALL SIZE AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL

VULNERABILITY TO MASS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. THE 1967 PROTOCOL WAS

APPLIED ONLY TO THOSE TERRITORIES TO WHICH THE 1951 CONVENTION

WAS EXTENDED: ENDS.

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REPLY MAY NEED TO BE AMENDED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VIEWS OF FCO LEGAL ADVISERS, WHOM WE HAVE NOT YET CONSULTED.

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GRATEFUL ANY COMMENTS DESKBY 021230Z.

HOWE

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