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YOUR TELNO 356: VISA OFFICE STAFF
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1. BEFORE RECEIPT OF YOUR TUR, CONSULAR DEPARTMENT CALLED PEIRCE IN TO ASK THAT THE QUALIFICATION *’EMPLOYMENT SIX MONTHS'' SHOULD NOT BE MARKED ON THE STAFF VISAS. THEY FELT IT INAPPROPRIATE THAT STAFF OF AN OFFICE OF THE MFA SHOULD HAVE THEIR DIPLOMATIC VISAS MARKED IN SUCH A WAY. VISAS FOR CHINESE EMBASSY STAFF IN LONDON
WERE NOT.
2. IT SEEMS RIDICULOUS THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD BE EXERCISED ABOUT THESE THREE WORDS, BUT, SEEN FROM HERE, IT WOULD ALSO SEEM SILLY FOR US TO INSIST UPON THEM AND THEREBY BE FACED WITH YET ANOTHER
POINT OF CONTENTION.
3. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR URGENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE VISAS OMITTING THE WORDS EMPLOYMENT SIX MONTHS'',
CRADOCK
LIMITED HK YGD FED
MR DONALD
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