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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL HKK 040/28 A
FM MEXICO CITY 15221OZ 1985
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 907 OF 15 AUGUST
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, WASHINGTON, CG NEW YORK
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YOUR TELNO 1011 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1644:
HONG KONG BDTCS: VISITORS' VISAS FOR MEXICO
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16 AUG 1935
1. MEXICAN OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE POSITION OF HONG KONG BDTCS TO HM CONSUL ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. THE MEXICANS DO SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT, AS THE TIME DRAWS NEARER FOR HONG KONG TO BE CEDED TO CHINA, MANY HONG KONG CHINESE WILL WISH TO EMIGRATE AND THAT SINCE.MANY OF THEM HAVE RELATIVES IN MEXICO, THERE MAY WELL BE A TENDENCY FOR THOSE WHO ARRIVE HERE AS VISITORS TO OVER STAY AND LATER REQUEST RESIDENT STATUS.
2. AS THE MEXICAN CONSUL GENERAL IN HONG KONG HAS SAID, THE MEXICAN IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, VALLEJO, TOOK A PARTICULARLY TOUGH LINE ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES GENERALLY. DESPITE THE CHANGE AT THE HEAD OF IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WE ALSO ACREE THAT THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT HONG
KONG ADTCS.
MEXICO
3. IT IS OUR IMPRESSION THAT RDTCS FROM THE CARIBBEAN AREA HAVE LESS DIFFICULTY THAN OTHER RDTCS IN OBTAINING VISITORS' VISAS FOR MEXICO, AND THAT NOT ALL ENTRY CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS IN THESE CASES HAVE TO BE REFERRED BY OVERSEAS POSTS TO CITY. CASES INVOLVING BDTCS FROM OUTSIDE THE CARIBBEAN DO STILL HAVE TO BE REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HERE, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES ALL APPLICATIONS FROM HONG KONG BDTCS. BUT WE WOULD HESITATE TO SAY THAT THE MEXICANS ARE DISCRIMINATING SPECIFICALLY AGAINST HONG KONG BDTCS AT THE MOMENT AND WE DOURT THAT REPRESENTATIONS TO THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE CALLED FOR
ON THE EVIDENCE AVAILABEL SO FAR.
JAMES
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