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FM HONG KONG
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TO DESKBY 26080OZ FCO
TELNO 1024
OF 2405OOZ MARCH 90
INFO IMMEDIATE CARACAS
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, BTC HONG KONG
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CARACAS TELNOS 85 AND 86:
VENEZUELAN ACTING CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG
1. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS DECIDED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LET RAMIREZ
RETURN TO VENEZUELA ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSURANCES IN THE VENEZUELAN NOTE IN SECOND TUR. WE NEED TO RETURN TO THE COURTS HERE TO OBTAIN RAMIREZ'S RELEASE. WE WILL DO SO ON 27 MARCH.
2. ICAC ARE IN TOUCH WITH WAIZER ABOUT THE MODALITIES FOR THE
RETURN TO VENEZUELA.
3. THE UNDERTAKINGS WHICH WE REQUESTED FROM VENEZUELA ARE INDEED NOW PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE HERE. IF ASKED ABOUT THE VENEZUELAN REACTION, WE WILL STATE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A POSITIVE RESPONSE AND THAT WE
EXPECT RAMIREZ WILL SHORTLY RETURN TO VENEZUELA.
4. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW, DESKBY 27010OZ, WHETHER TECHNICALLY RAMIREZ SHOULD BE DECLARED PERSONA NON GRATA. WOULD
THIS BE THE PRACTICE WITH CONSULAR OFFICIALS IN THE UK WHO HAD TRANSGRESSED IN WAYS SIMILAR TO THAT OF RAMIREZ AND WERE RETURNED
TO THEIR COUNTRIES? A NOTE HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY THE VENEZUELAN
CONSULATE HERE STATING THAT HIS ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THAT HE HAS CEASED HIS DUTIES. IF YOU CONSIDER THAT HE SHOULD BE DECLARED PNG, WE ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD DO THIS BY A NOTE TO THE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY.
5. WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR CARACAS' REPRESENTATIONS IN OUR SUPPORT, WHICH HAVE LED TO THIS ACCEPTABLE OUTCOME.-
WILSON
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