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TELEGRAM NUMBER 719 OF 12/4/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MY TEL NO 717:
TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRC PASSPORT HOLDERS
1. CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, MFA, HAVE TOLD US THIS MORNING
THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING ALTERING THE FIRST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH AND THE LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE DRAFT IN TUR TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH THE DRAFT EXCAHNGE ON THE VISA OFFICE. ESSENTIALLY, THIS MEANS MAKING THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE MFA AND THE EMBASSY RATHER THAN THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA. THIS UNDERSTANDING, HOWEVER, WOULD OF COURSE TAKE EFFECT AS FROM THE EXCHANGE
OF NOTES, SINCE NO FURTHER LEGAL PROCEDURES ARE NECESSARY IN THIS CASE.
2. WE TAKE IT YOU WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE TEXTS BROUGHT INTO LINE IN THIS WAY. HOWEVER, IN CASE THE MFA DECIDE AGAINST IT, WE SHOULD LIKE DISCRETION TO ACCEPT THE ORIGINAL TEXT AS IN MY TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE IF NECESSARY. IT IS OF COURSE THE TEXT WHICH HAS BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR SOME MONTHS
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