(84) Bu Ling San Zi No.79
(Translation)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China presents its compliments to the British
Embassy in China and has the honour to confirm that
the representatives of the two sides have held talks
in Beijing on matters relating to the Ministry's Visa Office in Hongkong and reached the following understand- ing, which is additional to the understanding recorded
in the Memorandum of 23 September 1981.
The Visa Office will enjoy the
following priv-
ileges and immunities in addition to those set out
in paragraph 2 (A) to (C) of Article I of the Memorandum
of 23 September 1981:
1. Inviolability of the premises, documents
and archives of the Visa Office;
2.
Exemption from taxation on the
premises
of
the Visa
Office and on the residence
of
the
officer
in charge;
3. The Visa Office may employ all
appropriate
means of communication, including the use of diplomatic
British Embassy in China,
BEIJING.