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(A) TO VISIT MEXICO WITHOUT A VISA: OR AT LEAST
(B) TO OBTAIN VISAS WHILE IN THE U.S. FROM MEXICAN CONSULATES THERE.
7. IT MIGHT BE WORTH POINTING OUT THAT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT 68,000 HONG KONG PEOPLE NOW VISIT THE U.S. EACH YEAR. AN
EASY FACILITY FOR THEM TO VISIT MEXICO COULD BE OF SOME ADVANTAGE TO MEXICO. A TOTAL OF 6,902 MEXICO NATIONALS VISIT HK BETWEEN JULY 85 TO JUNE 86. THEY ARE NORMALLY ALLOWED TO STAY HERE FOR UP TO ONE MONTH WITHOUT NEEDING AN ENTRY VISA.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
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PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR OSBORNE
MR FIFOOT,
MR PLANT,
NEWS DEPT LEGAL ADVISERS
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR LYON, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
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