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INFO PRIORITY TOKYO
GEORGIE ARBATOV: VISA REFUSAL
1. GEORGI ARBATOV, HEAD OF THE USA AND CANADA INSTITUTE, IS TRAVELLING TO TOKYO ON 11 FEBRUARY WHERE HE WILL BE STAYING FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HE WILL THEN BE GOING TO CANBERRA AND HAD HOPED TO GO VIA HONG KONG, BUT HAS BEEN REFUSED A VISA.
2. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW THE REASON FOR THE REFUSAL. DESPITE HIS DUBIOUS PAST, HE HAS THROWN IN HIS LOT WITH THE (INCREASINGLY
HARD-PRESSED) LIBERALS HERE.
3. IF YOU FELT ABLE TO RECONSIDER, HE COULD BE CONTACTED DURING HIS VISIT TO TOKYO.
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a questionable decision.