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FM PRETORIA 113930Z JUN 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 665 OF 11 JUNE
forious.
IMMEDIATE
ADVANCE COPY
HH/SAND #4"/" UH/HIST
INFO JOHANNESBURG, CAPE TOWN AND HONG KONG
Mr. McQuade
PROPOSED HOLIDAY VISIT BY CISKETANS TO HONG KONG.
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1. A S MARE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEALING WITH THE SO-CALLED
INDEPENDENT HOME LANDS IN THE DEAL, APPROACHED THE EMBASSY WITH
A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON 11 JUNE. A PARTY OF CISKETANS ARE
VISITING TAIWAN UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF
FORT HARE UNIVERSITY ON A STUDY TOUR. ON THE WAY DACK THEY ARE
HOPING TO VISIT HONG KONG FOR 4 DAYS ON HOLIDAY. UNFORTUNATELY
12 OF THE 35 CISKETANS HAVE CISKETAN PASSPORTS. THE REMAINING
23 HOLD SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORTS.
2.
MARE WAS MAKING THE REQUEST FOR HELP BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN
A SERIES OF CISKETAN MUDDLES IN THE PLANNING OF THE TRIP AND
TİME WAS NOW VERY SHORT BEFORE THE DEPARTURE.
THE INTENTION WAS
TO LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA FOR TAIPEI ON 15 JUNE AND GO ON FROM TAIPEI
TO HONG KONG ON 24 JUNE.
3.
1 GATHER AFTER SPEAKING TO THE JOHANNESBURG CONSULATE-GENERAL
THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSULATE-GENERAL IN HONG KONG HAS ASKED
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT THAT THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT YET HAVE A RULING FROM THE FCO ON HOW TO DEAL
WITH CITIZENS OF THE CISKEI IN ADDITION A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
CISKCIANS APPROACHED THE CONSULATE-GENERAL TWO WEEKS AGO BUT
WALKED OUT WHEN TOLD HONG KONG WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSULTER,
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I EXPLAINED TO MARE ON 11 JUNE THAT IF THE PARTY INTENDED TO