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FM CARACAS
TO DESKBY 04173OZ FCO
TELNO 56
ние А06/1
RECEIVER
DESI
INDEX
OF 04162OZ MARCH 90
INFO DESKBY 05010OZ HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
'Y
02 .R 1990
72
024115 MDHIAN 9496
FOR RESIDENT CLERK: PLEASE INFORM DUTY OFFICERS FOR HKD AND SAMD
MY TELNO 53: ACTING CONSUL GENERAL OF VENEZUELA IN HONG KONG
1. A SECOND NOTE, DRAWING ON HONG KONG TELNO 793, WAS SENT TO THE MFA ON 2 MARCH, FOR THE ATTENTION OF AMBASSADOR GERARDO WILLS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION ON THE EVENING OF 2 MARCH, WILLS CONFIRMED RECEIPT OF THE NOTE, AND INDICATED THAT FURTHER ACTION WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE WEEKEND.
2. WE HAVE NOW HAD AN UNOFFICIAL TIP-OFF FROM POLICE SOURCES THAT AMBASSADOR WILLS, ACCOMPANIED BY A SENIOR COMISARIO FROM DISIP (THE VENEZUELAN SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE POLICE) WILL BE LEAVING CARACAS TODAY 4 MARCH FOR HONG KONG, ON THE ORDERS OF THE PRESIDENT.
3. THIS VISIT WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE READINESS EXPRESSED INOUR NOTE OF 2 MARCH TO RECEIVE VENEZUELAN REPRESENTATIVES IN HONG KONG. AS WELL AS WANTING TO BE BRIEFED ON THE EVIDENCE IN OUR POSSESSION AGAINST RAMIREZ, THE VISITORS WILL PROBABLY WANT TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING HIM BACK TO CARACAS FOR TRIAL.
4. WILLS SPEAKS GOOD ENGLISH.
5. COMMENT. SEEN FROM HERE, THE VENEZUELAN DESIRE TO BRING RAMIREZ BACK FOR TRIAL IS UNDERSTANDABLE. THIS APPEARS TO THEM TO BE AN AFFAIR IN WHICH VENEZUELA AND CHINA ARE THE MAIN PROTAGONISTS.
IT IS VENEZUELAN DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FALSIFIED AND SOLD, BY VENEZUELANS, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE ILLEGAL ENTRY OF CHINESE TO VENEZUELA. HONG KONG HAS BEEN THE SCENE OF THE CORRUPT TRANSACTIONS INVOLVED, BUT THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG HAVE NOT BEEN DIRECTLY AT ISSUE. HENCE THE FEELING THAT RAMIREZ SHOULD BE TRIED IN VENEZUELA RATHER THAN HONG KONG.
FITZHERBERT
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