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Visit by Director of NCNA
Nr Tan said that Tseng Tao would be coming on a seven-day visit to Hong Kong on his way back to China from his tour of the US and Canada. He was due to arrive on CP 401 at 1925 hours.local on 7 October. However, the three other members of his party had not yet obtained visas. The delegation had telephoned that
He passed over the names. morning from Montreal. undertook to contact Immigration Department (who have subsequently sent telegraphic authorisation to Montreal). Mr Tan expressed gratitude for the help which had been
I said that we given to visitors coming from China.
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would always do what we could to make sure that things worked smoothly when time was short, and explained the practical problems which could arise if the person directly responsible in Immigration Department happened to be off sick. If he ever got word of a problem, as in this case, I hoped he would ring me. I also explained to Mr Tan that so far we had only been aware of the request from Mr Tseng Tao for a transit visa (Washington
I mentioned to Mr telegram No. 29 of 12 September).
Tan that I had met Mr Tseng during his visit in November 1977 to the UK.
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