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exist therefore of dealing with undesirable aliens.
The Japanese
were not won over by Hong Kong's offer made at that time to accept back all Chinese from Hong Kong even stateless Chinese travelling on Hong Kong certificates of identity after their expiry.
3. Again in 1967 the Japanese made it very clear that they did not wish Hong Kong Passport Holders to enter Japan without visas, and they were prepared even to suspend part of the UK/Japan Agreement to prevent this. They complained that many UK Passport Holders from Hong Kong contrived to "lose" their existing pass- ports while abroad and to receive in return new British passports issued by a consular officer. Travelling on these, in accordance with the letter of the Agreement, they could enter Japan without
visas.
4.
In September 1969 the Hong Kong authorities liberalised their immigration control to allow the nationals of most countries with which they have no visa waiver arrangements to enter Hong Kong without visas for visits of up to 7 days. This was to encourage tourists. Japan benefited by this course.
5. Following the unsuccessful official approaches Mr Royle raised the subject with Mr Takeuchi, Parliamentary Vice Minister,
during his visit to Japan in October 1970. Mr Takeuchi undertook to have the matter re-examined and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently told our Embassy in Tokyo that a consensus of the various Japanese Government Departments who had been consulted was against the inclusion of Hong Kong Passport Holders in the UK/Japan Visa Abolition Agreement. In addition to the domestic
arguments previously used, the Japanese said they were concerned
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