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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 473 OF 21 JUNE
INFO PRIORITY SOFIA, SINGAPORE, BTC HONG KONG.
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1. MR IAN MIKARDO MP HAS TELEPHONED TO ENQUIRE ABOUT VISA APPLICATIONS REPORTEDLY MADE TO HM EMBASSY SOFIA BY FIVE BULGARIAN BUYERS WHO WISH TO VISIT HONG KONG FROM 3-7 JULY. THE APPLICANTS
ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
11) MR FR RANKOV
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1) MR L N SPASSOV
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE:
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE ENTERPRISE:
VICE PRESIDENT OF BULGARIAN FOREIGN TRADE BANK:
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11) MR A H VLAKOV
(IV) MR A D MARTCHEV
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE ENTERPRISE: AND
(V) MR P D RALTCHEV
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN TRADE ENTERPRISE.
2. ACCORDING TO MR MIKARDO'S INFORMATION, THE APPLICATIONS WERE MADE ON 3 MAY AND WERE SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. THE PARTY ARE DUE TO LEAVE BULGARIA SHORTLY FOR SINGAPORE AND TO GO ON FROM THERE TO HONG KONG. THEY HAVE AS YET RECEIVED NO CONFIRMATION THAT THEIR VISAS HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
3. GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED,
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