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APPOINTMENT OF HONORARY CONSUL OF TONGA IN HONG KONG 1. WE RECEIVED SOME TIME AGO FROM OUR HIGH COMMISSION NUKU'ALOFA A COMMISSION OF APPOINTMENT UNDER A COMPLIMENTS SLIP FOR MR GEORGE CHEN AS HONORARY CONSUL OF TONGA IN HONG KONG. THERE WERE NO OTHER PAPERS WITH IT AND NONE FOLLOWED. A CV WAS, HOWEVER, SUPPLIED WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S LETTER OF 16 JANUARY 1989 (COPIED TO YOU), WHEN MR CHEN WAS TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED HONORARY VICE-CONSUL.
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FROM OUR RECORDS WE CANNOT SEE THAT YOU HAVE EVER GIVEN YOUR FORMAL APPROVAL TO THIS APPOINTMENT (SOUGHT IN OUR TELNO 253 OF 26 JANUARY 1989), ALTHOUGH MR CHEN'S NAME IS IN THE HONG KONG CONSULAR LIST.
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