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TO DESKBY 01010OZ HONG KONG

TELNO 512

OF 28131OZ FEBRUARY 89

INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG

YOUR TELNOS 674 AND 651: FAC ENQUIRY INTO HONG KONG

1. GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION OF TOTAL FIGURE FOR VBP IN HONG KONG IN PARA 1 OF FIRST TUR. ON THE BASIS OF FIGURES GIVEN IN SECOND TUR, THE TOTAL WOULD SEEM TO INCLUDE EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS) WHO WE WOULD NOT NORMALLY ADD IN. OR HAVE THERE BEEN ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS SINCE 24 FEBRUARY ?

2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A RESPONSE DESKBY 01090OZ TO ENABLE US TO INCLUDE THIS POINT IN THE MEMORANDUM WHICH IS DUE TO BE

HANDED TO THE FAC ON 1 MARCH.

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