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Foreign and Commonwealth Office See HICK 345/2 1983
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone 01- 233 4439
M W Hill Esq
Director, Science Reference Library
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Chancery Lane
LONDON
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FID CONGRESS
HONG KONG
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Date
16 August 1982
HKK
НКК 345, 2
No
CGE
"7/8 Fif/8
Thank you for your letters of 29 and 30 July about the issue of a visa for Dr P Lazar.
I understand that the Hong Kong authorities explained to Mr Barry Burton, the Chairman of the FID organising Committee in Hong Kong, in a letter of 20 November 1981 that they would not be able to admit any person from the USSR or other countries in the Soviet Bloc to Hong Kong for the FID Congress. confirmed this position to him verbally in January this year.
They also
We have drawn your letters to us to the attention of the Hong Kong Government, but I am sure that you will understand that the issue of visas for entry into Hong Kong is primarily a matter for them.
bce:
R J F Hoare
Hong Kong and General Department
A D Conyard Esq, MVD JCR Gray Esq, EESD
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