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FM FCO 111700Z JUNE 82
TO IMMEDIATE PRETORIA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1014 OF 11 JUNE
AND TO IMMEDIATE JOHANNESBURG
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, ROUTINE CAPE TOWN (BCG)
YOUR TELNO 665: HONG KONG TELNO 610 AND MY TELNO VISA 221 TO
HONG KONG
PROPOSED VISIT BY CISKEIANS TO HONG KONG
1. PEOPLE WITH SO-CALLED CISKEIAN PASSPORTS SHOULD BE TREATED
IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS PEOPLE WITH SO-CALLED PASSPORTS
FROM TRANSKEI, VENDA OR BOPHUTHATSWANA.
2.
IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD HM CONSULATE-GENERAL JOHANNESBURG
OR THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ENDORSE VISAS IN SO-CALLED CISKEIAN
PASSPORTS SINCE TO DO SO MIGHT IMPLY THAT WE RECOGNISE THE CISKEI
AS AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN STATE.
3. WHEN ANY VISA IS ISSUED THIS SHOULD BE ENDORSED ON A
DECLARATION OF IDENTITY AND SHOULD BE ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE
STRICT UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PERSON CONCERNED WILL BE MAKING A
PURELY PRIVATE VISIT AND WILL NOT PURPORT TO REPRESENT THE
CISKEI AS AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN STATE OR OTHERWISE SEEK TO EMBARRASS HMG OR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
4. SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY APPROACHED US TODAY TO ASK IF WE COULD ISSUE VISAS TO THIS SAME PARTY OF CISKEIANS TO VISIT THE UK. WE INFORMED THE EMBASSY THAT ANY PERSON IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH A SO-CALLED CISKEIAN PASSPORT WHO WISHED TO VIST THE UK SHOULD LODGE AN APPLICATION WITH HM CONSULATE-GENERAL JOHANNESBURG IN THE NORMAL WAY.
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