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TELEGRAM NUMBER 739 OF 16 AUGUST
INFO PRIORITY PEKING ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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MIPT AND PEKING TEL NO 529 (PARAS 6-8) ISSUING OF VISAS IN
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THE CHINESE HAVE, OF COURSE, A GOOD POINT, ABOUT IT BEING MOST UNUSUAL FOR AN EMBASSY NOT TO ISSUE VISAS FOR A TERRITORY IT REPRESENTS. FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, IF THERE ARE TO BE VISAS FOR
SEE ORDINARY CITIZENS (A FALLIBLE AND TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS, MY TELNO 497 PARA 3), WE WOULD PREFER THEM TO BE ISSUED, AS IS NORMAL, BY THE EMBASSY. BUT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR STAFFING AND HOUSING PROBLEMS.
2. WE HERE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE EMBASSY SPEAKING, IF NECESSARY,
ON THE LINES OF PARA 2(111) OF MY TELNO 468.
3. MEANWHILE WE AGREE WITH PEKING'S RECOMMENDATION TO ACT AS
IN PARA 4 OF THEIR TELNO 390. WE WILL SEND MATERIAL ON OUR TRANSIT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS/AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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