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4. IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT THE SWEDES WILL COME UP WITH AN OFFER OF SOME TYPE OF RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR KEY EMPLOYEES OF SWEDISH COMPANIES. WE THINK IT UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL INTRODUCE SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR THIS PURPOSE, EVEN THOUGH ANDERSON SAID THEY WOULD CONSIDER THIS AS A LAST RESORT. THIS IS BECAUSE ANY DEBATE IN THE RIKSDAG ON HONG KONG WOULD REOPEN THE HIGHLY SENSITIVE IMMIGRATION QUESTION IN THE WAKE OF THE GOVERNMENTS RECENT INTRODUCTION OF TOUGH NEW IMMIGRATION RULES (MY TELS NO 532 AND 542) WHICH THEMSELVES DEPEND ON A FRAGILE POLITICAL ALLIANCE WITH THE MODERATE PARTY.
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