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TO PRIORITY NEW DELHI TELNO 3 OF 3 FEBRUARY 1978 I Exem
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MY TELNO 1 OF 20 JANUARY TO DELHI, SOFIA AND LONDON. STELLA STEMENOVA AND PARTY.
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THE PROPOSED HOST IN HK HAS BEEN CONTACTED. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED THE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BULGARIAN MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES. PRESUMABLY SPONSORSHIP OF APPLICATIONS LIKE THESE IS THE PRICE HE HAS TO PAY. HE HAS NOT HOWEVER MADE ANY PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED TREATMENT AND DOES NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO. DO SO. HE HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW
SPONSORSHIP OF THESE APPLICATIONS.
2. OUR STAND ON APPLICATIONS FOR VISAS BY NATIONALS OF THE SOVBLOC IS SET OUT IN CIRCULAR O 14/74. WE HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED
BY THE HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS IN THESE APPLICATIONS BUT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT NO ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT HAVE BEEN MADE, MR CHANG'S DECISION AND AS THERE ARE NOT ANY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ACUPUNCTURISTS HERE, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE APPLICATIONS
SHOULD BE REFUSED.
3. WE UNDERSTAND AND REGRET THE DISMAY THIS MIGHT CAUSE BUT WE
FIND IT SURPRISING THAT SICK PERSONS SHOULD BE TAKEN ON SUCH A LONG JOURNEY WITHOUT FULL AND PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT
AND TRAVEL BEING MADE IN ADVANCE.
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