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YOUR TELNOS 504, 505 AND 506: LEGAL IMMIGRATION
1. WE SHOULD PREFER TO FOLLOW PAST PRACTICE ON THIS ISSUE AND TAKE PARALLEL ACTION HERE.. IF WE NEED TO SEEK MFA HELP IN FUTURE ON THIS ISSUE, IT WILL BE BETTER TO HAVE KEPT THEM IN THE PICTURE. THE DETAIL IS NOT EXCESSIVE AND WE THINK IT RIGHT TO SPEAK FULLY TO THE MFA, BUT SAYING (PARA 4 OF YOUR SECOND TUR) THAT FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSIONS COULD BE HELD AT LOCAL LEVEL.
2. OUR ONLY COMMENT ON THE SPEAKING NOTE ITSELF IS THAT IT WOULD BE MORE ACCURATE AND THEREFORE ADVISABLE TO REDRAFT THE SECOND SENTENCE OF PARA 2(A) OF SECOND TUR TO READ IN DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT WITH THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING START SQUARE BRACKET US END SQUARE BRACKET ON 6 SEPTEMBER THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS START SQUARE BRACKET YOU END SQUARE BRACKET TOOK THE EMBASSY'S START SQUARE BRACKET OUR END SQUARE BRACKET POINT THAT ONE MONTH SHOULD NORMALLY BE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY VISIT."' (PARA 6 OF OUR TELNO 506 TO FCO REFERS).
3. UNLESS WE HEAR FROM YOU TO THE CONTRARY WE SHALL TAKE ACTION EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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