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FM PEKING 22370ØZ MAY 80
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 61 OF 22 MAY
INFO FCO (FOR FED AND MVD).
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OUR TELNO.491 VISAS FOR GUANGDONG AND FUJIAN OFFICIALS.
see
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FIRST SECRETARY WAS SUMMONED TO CONSULAR DEPARTMENT MFA ON 21 MAY. DIVISION DIRECTOR ZHANG ZHONGKAI EXPLAINED WHY THE CHINESE HAD NOT YET TAKEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING VISAS ISSUED IN HONG KONG HE SAID THAT, RATHER THAN INVOLVE CTS OR XINHUA AT THIS STAGE, THEY WERE AWAITING THE OPENING OF THEIR VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG, THE STAFF OF WHICH WOULD -BE TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG ON 25 MAY. THEY HOPED TO OPEN THE
OFFICE IN EARLY JUNE AND THEY WOULD FIND IT MORE CONVENIENT TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS THROUGH IT.
2.
GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE MFA VISA OFFICE UNDERTAKING THIS ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
CRADOCK
FILES
HKJGD
FED
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
MVD
MR MURRAY
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