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HONG KONG TELNO 46 AND WARSAW TELNO 24: POLISH IMMIGRATION
1.
WE AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS IN PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR.
2. YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF WETHERELL'S MINUTE OF 15 JUNE 1990 (COPIED TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER) REPORTING HIS CONVERSATION WITH MR KOSTECKI. FROM THIS IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT WHAT KOSTECKI ALLEGEDLY TOLD THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER (LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 1
OF TUR) SOMEWHAT OVERSTATES WHAT WETHERELL TOLD HIM IN JUNE.
FOR OTTAWA
3.
THE BRITISH COUNCIL HERE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS SCHEME, ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THEY HAVE COME ACROSS MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIVATELY TRYING TO ATTRACT TRAINED PERSONNEL AND INVESTORS TO POLAND. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD CONSULT THE BRITISH COUNCIL LOCALLY ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID IN NOVEMBER AND GIVE THEM A
STEER IN LINE WITH PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR.
FOR WARSAW
WE ARE CONTENT FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO KOSTECKI ON THE LINES SET OUT IN PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR.
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