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ACTION WITH OUR PUBLIC POSITION ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY OUTSIDERS IN HONG KONG. IF WE BAR CONFERENCE DELEGATES FROM ENTRY, WE WILL NO DOUBT ATTRACT INTERNATIONAL AND SOME LOCAL CRITICISM CAS HAS HAPPENED WHEN POLITICAL ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN DENIED ENTRY IN THE PAST). BUT WE ARE OF THE VIEW THAT THIS IS PREFERABLE TO NOT/NOT TAKING ACTION. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE TO REFUSE VISAS TO ANY KNOWN PARTICIPANTS, AND TO TURN AWAY ANY WHO ARRIVE ON DOCUMENTS NOT/NOT REQUIRING VISAS CE.G. U.S.A. REFUGEE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS).
5. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT WE WILL NOT/NOT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL OR EVEN MANY PARTICIPANTS (ALTHOUGH WE WILL TRY TO). A GOOD MANY MAY NOT NEED VISAS. THERE IS ALSO NOTHING WE CAN LEGALLY DO TO PREVENT THE MEETING TAKING PLACE. BUT AT LEAST IF WE HAVE TAKEN WHAT ACTION IS POSSIBLE, WE CAN TAKE THE STING OUT OF CHINESE CRITICISM. WE SEE LITTLE POINT IN OURSELVES APPROACHING THE HKFS. THEIR LIKELY REACTION WOULD BE TO PUBLICISE AN APPROACH.
FORD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
24
MINIMAL
HKD
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DISTRIBUTION
24
FED
NAD
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