CONFIDENTIAL
BRITISH EMBASSY
BUDAPEST
R JT McLaren Esq
Hong Kong & General Department
FCO
9 November 1978
HKCK 345/2
1978
PACKIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51x K
17 NOV 1978
DESK OFFICE
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Action Ten
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Dear Robin?
No
NN 23+ & E
दह
B
RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND HUNGARY
Many thanks for your letter of 3 November. This is quite clear and of course I do not dispute the overall policy. But in the circumstances it does not seem much sense for the Hong Kong Government to spend money, as they do, trying to promote commercial relations with Hungary and other countries of Eastern Europe. These are not areas where you can hope to sell without being willing to buy. Nor is it realistic to expect the visits to be all in one direction.
As I pointed out in my previous letter, the Hungarians do now sometimes visit Mainland China for commercial purposes. Some of these visits might reasonably and conveniently be routed via Hong Kong. If the eventual destination is Canton or Peking, would this make it easier for the visitor to obtain transit rights through Hong Kong? It would be helpful to know the answer to this.
Yours
ever
Richard Parsms
(R E Parsons)
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