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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 456
OF 281725Z APRIL 86
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BONN, THE HAGUE, BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY HKGO
BRUSSELS
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YOUR TELNO 276 (NOT TO ALL):
MRS CHALKER'S VISIT: HONG KONG VISA AND REFUGEE ISSUES
1. MRS CHALKER RAISED THE QUESTION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HONG
KONG BDTCS VISITING FRANCE DURING HER MEETING WITH BARIANI, SECRETAIRE D'ETAT FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON 28 APRIL. SHE REFERRED TO THE 1946 ANGLO/FRENCH VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENT. BARIANI'S OFFICIALS EXPLAINED THAT THE FRENCH HAD NOW SENT A CORRECTION BY COREU TO THEIR EARLIER LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHOSE NATIONALS REQUIRED VISAS: HONG KONG COI-HOLDERS. REQUIRED VISAS, BUT HONG KONG BDTC PASSPORT HOLDERS COULD TRANSIT OR MAKE SHORT VISITS
WITHOUT VISAS.
2. BARIANI ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT REFLECTION ON VISA REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY WAS AIMED AT NATIONALS OF AFRICAN COUNTRIES FROM WHICH THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL IMMIGRATION INTO FRANCE.
3. MRS CHALKER ALSO ASKED THAT FRANCE AGREE TO TAKE FRENCH-SPEAKING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. BARIANI UNDERTOOK TO LOOK INTO THE QUESTION, WHICH WAS ALREADY UNDER STUDY, AND SAID THAT HIS
OFFICIALS WOULD LET THE EMBASSY KNOW THE OUTCOME.
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PS/MR RENTON SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON
Man 243/1
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