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(a) Note to be sent to Foreign and Commonwealth
Missions in London;
(b) a letter from the head of NTD to Heads of
Missions overseas instructing them to take parallel action with their host governments;
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(c) an
annex to the letter
background
and
suitable for
containing
over handing
further
to
host governments.
6.
These are general texts intended for
use with all
foreign governments. But, in consultation with the Hong
Kong
Government,
we
have
agreed
appropriate
governments.
to make
Generally
it that
supplementary points
to
a
would
number of
be
speaking these are governments which are, for one reason or another, currently looking at their visa régimes in respect of Hong Kong BDTCS. purpose of the supplementary approach is two-fold:
The
(a)
to urge the maintenance or, where appropriate, the introduction of a visa-free régime for Hong
Kong BDTCs; and
this situation should also apply
(b)
to urge that
in future to BN (0)s.
The
Governments
involved
are for the most
part
western
European. The text of a supplementary speaking note for Heads of Mission to use with these governments is at Flag
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