TNAG-2178-FCO40-3115-Hong-Kong-nationality-international-support-1990 — Page 52

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THE REVERSE: NOT MEASURES TO BRING HERE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE USEFUL TO NEW ZEALAND, BUT MEASURESS TO KEEP IN HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE USEFUL THERE. MS WILDE ASKED WHETHER WE HAD HAD POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTS. I SAID I WAS AWARE OF A NUMBER OF UNDERTAKINGS TO CONSIDER OUR REQUEST SYMPATHETICALLY, INCLUDING ONE FROM AUSTRALIA.

4. MS WILDE, WHO HAD THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION PRESENT, AVOIDED ANY INDICATION OF READINESS TO MEET OUR REQUESF, BUT SAID THAT WHAT I HAD SAID WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE

REVIEW.

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MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADV

MR BARRETT LEGAL ADV

MR FIFOOT HKD

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