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TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 216
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OF 10083OZ MAY 91
09 MAY 1991
SK OFFICE:
AND TO ROUTINE HONG
INFO ROUTINE PRAGUE, WARSAW, PEKING
KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 1390 VISIT TO HONG KONG BY CZECHOSLOVAK DEPUTY ho, ho, FOREIGN MINISTER
1. WE WERE INTERESTED TO LEARN FROM TUR THAT IT HAS BEEN AGREED
THAT THE POLES MAY OPEN A CONSULATE-GENERAL IN HONG KONG
AND THAT THE SAME IS LIKELY TO BE AGREED FOR THE CZECHOSLOVAKS. AS YOU KNOW, IN 1990 WE DISCOURAGED THE HUNGARIANS FROM APPLYING TO OPEN A CONSULATE AND STEERED THEM TOWARDS THE OPTION
OF A TRADE OFFICE (WHICH MIGHT ISSUE VISAS TO HONG KONG
CITIZENS). THE HUNGARIANS MADE CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A SECOND-BEST.
2. SINCE THEN, OWING TO AN INTERNAL FUNDING DISPUTE, NO FURTHER PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE MFA THAT
THEY COULD PROBABLY NOW OPEN A CONSULATE-GENERAL IF THEY
GF.
The visit part is mine. The
WISHED TO DO SO. DO YOU AND HONG KONG AGREE? IT WOULD SEEM Polish Con-Gen is Gary's
INVIDIOUS NOT TO EXTEND THIS OPTION TO THEM.
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