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GUAN SAID HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD BROUGHT THIS MATTER TO HIS ATTENTION (SULLIVAN EXPRESSED SURPRISE THAT CONSULAR DEPT HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED BY NCNA HONG KONG): HE WOULD REPORT THE MATTER TO HIS SUPERIORS AND TO THE PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES. SULLIVAN URGED HIM TO SEEK EARLY APPROVAL TO INSTRUCT LOCAL AUTHORITIES NOT TO ISSUE EXIT VISAS VALID FOR EXIT VIA GUANGZHOU OR SHENZHEN TO PERSONS HOLDING YUGOSLAV VISIT VISAS BUT WITHOUT HONG KONG TRANSIT VISAS. AT THE MOMENT NUMBERS WERE SMALL ANDALL CRIGINATED FROM ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, BUT IF THE LOOPHOLE WERE NOT BLOCKED QUICKLY THE NEWS WOULD SPREAD AND OTHERS WOULD ATTEMPT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. THERE WAS EVIDIENCE THAT OTHER PROSPECTIVE EMIGRANTS WERE USING FAKE DOCUMENTS TO DECIEVE THE PASSPORT ISSUING AUTHORITIES: WE WOULD BE PASSING THIS ON TO THE MFA WHEN MORE DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE.
GUAN STRESSED THAT THE ISSUE OF EXĪT VISAS AND PERMITS WAS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. HE WOULD PASS ON
TO THEM ANY DETAILS WE CARED TO PROVIDE AND WAS SURE THAT THEY
WOIULD TAKE FULL NOTE. IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME, HOWEVER, FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO REACH THE LARGE NUMBER OF VISA-ISSUING PUBLIC
SECURITY BUREAUX.
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