THAI RESTRICTION ON FOREIGN IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400680008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION nEPORT CD NO,. 25X1 A
COUNTRY Th:s?iland/China
SUBJECT Thai Restriction on Foreign Immigrants from
Uong Kong
DATE. DISTR.. 7 Aug 50
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DATE OF SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 X
U'IFO. REPORT NO.
25X1X 1.
addressed to
the Ministry of Foreign tXfairs proposing that foreigners wishing to immi-
grate to Thailand from or through Hong Kong be required to obtain a visa
fro:.i the Thai Consul at that Crown Colony. Before issuing the visa, the
Consul shall have obtained the advice of the Thai Police Department.
Applications by Soviets shall be refused.
The Foreign Office, in a reply dhted 9 June 1950, expressed its agreement
of the proposal.?
3.. Under the above restrictions, Rudolph and Lucia Milstein were interned by
the Immigrtk.ti,on authorities upon their arrival from Hong Kong on 13 June
1950,, The stateless Russians gave their ages as 38 and 37 respectively
and their birthplace as Vladivostok. Travel documents were issued by the
Shanghai International Refugee Organization of 16 December 1949 and are
-valid for one year.
4., On 10 Juno 1950, the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs recuested that the
a,,raigration authorities forward the documents to the Ministry for considera-
tion as Rudolph tfilatein maybe an official of the UN specialized agency?
the Food and Agricultural Organization. Immigration officials complied
with the request on 13 June. Ho;vever, on this same day, So Sethaputra,
e6itor of the weekly, Leader, registered security for the couple's release.
25X1A * _ Comment. Originally, The Leader was organized as an anti-Communist
p%blicationa In view of these professed aims its backers sought the
assistance of the USIS; however, they were unsuccessful in their bid
for support Actually,: the paper is not anti-Communist and is an inept
publication.,
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