TNAG-2180-FCO40-3117-Hong-Kong-nationality-international-support-1990 — Page 63

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FM BTC HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 119

OF 180314Z APRIL 90

AND TO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA

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MY TELNO 118: MR MAUDE'S VISIT:

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THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH FOLLOWS:

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HKD 36011

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

02 MAY 1990

INTERNATIONANCE SUPPORREGISTRY

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Action Taken OF TUR SHOULD TREAD AS

''HE AGREED THAT THE STATEMENT HAD BEEN AGREED BUT SAID IT HAD BEEN DONE AT FIRST SECRETARY LEVEL IN CANBERRA WITH WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS AN OBSCURE BRANCH OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND NOT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND INSISTED THAT

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