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INFO PRIORITY F C 0, WARSAW
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HONG KONG TELNOS 562 AND 563 TO FCO : HONG KONG/POLAND VISA
POLICY.
1. THE POLISH MINISTER ASKED US TO CALL ON 18 APRIL. GORALCZYK HANDED OVER COPIES OF THE DRAFTS OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTERS. HE SAID THE POLES WERE STILL AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM HONG KONG THAT THE HKG WAS HAPPY TO PROCEED ON THE BASIS OF THE LETTERS. WE SAID THAT IT SEEMED FROM OUR READING OF THE TEXT THAT THE POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER'S REPLY CONSTITUTED FORMAL AGREEMENT. HE SAID NONETHELESS THAT THE POLES WERE STILL AWAITING A FORMAL REPLY AND THAT ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD
COME THROUGH THE EMBASSY IN WARSAW.
2. GORALCZYK SAID THAT THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE RECIPROCAL FOR
POLISH AND BRITISH AND HONG KONG BRITISH PASSPORT HOLDERS.
3. WE UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON HIS COMMENTS.
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