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13 DEC 1986
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HONG KONG BRITISH NATIONALS
TRAVEL TO THIRD COUNTRIES: FRANCE
Problem
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15/12
CATING
1.
Embassy
Το respond to the suggestion by British
Paris that we set up expert level talks with the French on
visa free entry to France for HK BDTCs /BN (0)s.
Weston's
(Mr
letter of 19 November to you, received in your
absence).
Recommendation
2.
I recommend
B
letter along the
that you briefly acknowledge the Paris
lines of the attached draft. I also
send a
C
recommend that I
teleletter to Hong Kong (Boyd)
seeking their views on the way forward (second draft
attached).
Background
3.
We have for some time been trying to clarify with
the French whether Hong Kong BDTCs are able to enter France
without visas.
We have been receiving conflicting advice
from French sources and inconsistent actions taken by
French immigration officers have compounded the confusion. Our approaches were complicated
firstly by the BN (0)
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