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FM FCO 131600Z AUG 85
TO PRIORITY MEXICO CITY
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1011 OF 13 AUGUST
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
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HONG KONG BDTC'S: VISITORS VISAS FOR MEXICO
1. IN MRS DEE'S LETTER OF 28 MAY (NOT TO MEXICO CITY) THE
HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT DREW OUR ATTENTION TO TWO CASES
OF HONG KONG BDTC'S WHO HAD ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING
VISITORS' VISAS FROM THE MEXICAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN NEW YORK.
ONE OF THE BDTC'S WAS APPARENTLY TOLD, (ALBEIT INFORMALLY),
THAT, IN THE LIGHT OF THE
SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HONG KONG BDTC
OVERSTAYERS.
2.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE MEXICANS HAVE EXPRESSED ANY
RESERVATIONS TO YOU ABOUT THE POSITION OF HONG KONG BDTC'S IN THE
LIGHT OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT. IT SEEMS FROM YOUR TEL NOS 6
AND 7 TO HAMILTON THAT THE MEXICANS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATING
SPECIFICALLY AGAINST HONG KONG BDTC'S BUT ARE GENERALLY
REQUIRING THEIR OVERSEAS POSTS TO REFER ALL MEXICAN ENTRY
CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS FROM BDTC'S TO MEXICO CITY. MVD ARE
CONSIDERING THIS ASPECT.
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