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HOUSE OF COMMONS
LONDON SWIA OAA
Rt. Hon. John Major, MP,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Whitehall,
LONDON, SW1A 2AH
6th October, 1989.
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I know that you are wrestling with the problem of deciding how many from Hong Kong you will permit to apply for residence in the United Kingdom. I am sure that when you and Douglas Hurd examine this question you will find that, if you give one group of Hong Kong citizens the privilege of coming to Britain, it will only give rise to equally justified claims from another and probably larger group. It is really very hard indeed to distinguish between groups of people in Hong Kong who can and cannot be allowed to reside in Britain. I have, therefore, been driven to the conclusion that this privilege should only be advanced to a very limited number of people who are close servants of the Crown and who are likely to be discriminated against after 1997.
If you were to be more generous, as I know your nature would lead you to be, I am sure it will get you into much greater difficulties in the long run. I would urge you most strongly not to give way and allow any more from Hong Kong to come here than is absolutely necessary.
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BOWEN WELLS, MP
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