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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM PEKING 200825Z OCT 82

TO PRIRITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 110 OF 20/10/82

REPEATED FOR INFO TO FCO

TOP COPY

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YOUR TEL NO 513:

LEGAL IMMIGARATION

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HEAD OF CHANCERY CALLED ON ZHENG YAOWEN, WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT, MFA ON 20 OCTOBER AND SPOKE ALONG

THE LINES OF YOUR TEL NO 505 AS AMENDED IN OUR

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-TEL NO 103. GALSWORTHY LEFT A COPY OF THE SPEAKING

NOTE WITH ZHENG AND ADDED THE ORAL POINTS IN YOUR TEL NO 504.

2. ZHENG SAID HE WOULD REPORT TO THE RELEVANT

AUTHORITIES. HE TOOK US UP ON OUR STATEMENT

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THAT HE HAD ON 6 SEPTEMBER TAKEN THE POINT THAT ONE MONTH

SHOULD NORMALLY BE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY VISIT. HE CONCEDED THAT

ATKINSON HAD SAID THAT ONE MONTH SHOULD BE

ENOUGH: ALL HE HAD SAID WAS THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE POINT.

WE DID NOT PRESS HIM FURTHER, BUT HE WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY DENY THAT WED HAD SPECIFICALLY ACCEPTED IT.

3. ZHENG ALSO RAISED THE QUESTION OF PERMIT EXTENSIONS

IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. GALSWORTHY SAID THAT HE WOULD REFER THIS TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, BUT DID NOT PROMISE AN ANSWER. ZHENG SAID THAT HE WOULD GET IN TOUCH IF HE HAD ANY FURTHER QUERIES.

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MR GIFFARD

HL DONALD

HAURE

CONFIDENTIAL

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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