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CONFIDENTIAL
Cypher/Cat. A
TOKY TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Telno. 367
5 July 1967
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram No. 367 of 5 July Repeated for information to Gov. Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong telegram No. 915 to Commonwealth Office.
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Delaying tactics. We suggest that we revert to the previous practice of referring all applications received from Japanese listed in the Directory of Soviet International Front Organisations other than in cases where it would clearly be in our interest to grant transit visas on application (Davies' letter TS. 7/66 of 9 December to Ellingworth copied to P.C.D. refers).
2. This directory does not cover many Japanese who are members of pro-C.C.P. "orthodox" organisations (e.g. those listed in paragraph 2 of the telegram under reference) and more likely to travel in present circumstances to China than members of the J.C.P. whose top officials are listed. We shall endeavour to identify the former category should they apply but we cannot be sure to pin- point the key figures.
3. We issued 39 double transit visas to Japane se travelling to China in June as against 204 in the same period last year.
F.O. pass Gov. Hong Kong 55.
Sir A. Rundall
[Repeated as requested]
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Sent 09252/5 July 1967 Recd 11252/5 July 1967
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SENT TO HONG KONGNESDEQMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.) TELEGRAM NO. 1375