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FM FCO 2416302 FEBRUARY 82
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 123 OF 24 FEB
FCO TELNO 105 : MS VERTUCCI
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1. LPS SAW MR PARRY THIS AFTERNOON. PARRY SAID THAT THERE WERE
A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WHICH MS VERTUCCI HAD ASKED HIM TO ASK.
THEY INCLUDED THE REASONS FOR THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION'S REFUSAL TO RENEW HER VISA, THE CRITERIA USED BY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN DECIDING TO GRANT OR RENEW A VISA, THE REASONS FOR THE GOERNOR-IN-COUNCIL'S DEIISION, THE REASON WHY VERTUCCI'S FILE WAS CLASSIFIED CR AND NOT AL, THE MEANING OF CR AND ITS IPPLICATIONS, WHETHER THE DECISION WOULD AFFECT VERTUCCI'S RIGHT TO VISIT HONG KONG, WHETHER THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWED SUCH DECISIONS AND HOW OFTEN AND WHETHER THE BAN ON HER WOULD BE REMOVED IN DUE COURSE.
2. IN REPLY LPS SAID THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NEVER GAVE REASONS FOR THIS SORT OF DECISION AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THIS. HE REALISED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SATISFACTORY TO VERTUCCI BUT HE COULD NOT DEPART FROM PREVIOUS PRACTICE.
3. LPS ALSO ASKED PARRY TO ENSURE THAT VERTUCCI KNEW SHE COULD PETITION THE QUEEN AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH THE GOVERNOR. IF THIS WAS DONE AND THE PETITION TURNED DOWN MR PARRY AND HIS COLLEAGUES COULD THEN QUESTION THE LPS ON THE DECISION WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE RATHER THAN BY ONE TAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR. 4. PARRY INDICATED THAT VERTUCCI WOULD PETITION EITHER THE QUEEN OR THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
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