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FM ATTC TAIPEI
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 7
OF 250853Z JUNE 93
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раниране,
INFO PRIORITY FCO, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 6: VISA FOR JASON HU
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THANK YOU FOR GRANTING THIS VISA. I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN RELY ON JASON HU TO BE DISCRETE. HE UNDERSTANDS OUR POSITION VERY WELL. HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD TO BREAK THE NEWS TO HIM GENTLY THAT HE NO LONGER QUALIFIES FOR A MULTI-ENTRY VISA FOLLOWING HIS ELEVATION TO THE EXECUTIVE YUAN. HE QUERIED WHAT IN FACT HAD COME FIRST, HIS APPOINTMENT AS GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ON 20/9/91 OR THE DATE OF THE GRANTING OF THE MULTI-ENTRY VISA WHICH HAS JUST EXPIRED. CAN WE BE
ABSOLUTELY PRECISE ON THIS? HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE VISA CAME AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT.
2.
HE IS CLEARLY A LITTLE HURT AT HAVING LOST THIS PRIVILEGE
ALTHOUGH I EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS A RESULT OF HIS PROMOTION EXCLAM I SAID THAT YOUR CURRENT POLICY ON VISAS FOR TAIWANESE RESTRICTED
THOSE HOLDING MINISTERIAL LEVEL JOBS TO SINGLE ENTRY VISAS ONLY
HE ARGUED THAT WE SHOULD BE MORE SELECTIVE AND THAT SOMEONE AS SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS US AND AS UNDERSTANDING OF OUR POSITION IN HONG
KONG SHOULD BE TREATED WITH GREATER SYMPATHY. BY BEING MORE RESTRICTIVE WITH HIM, HIS POSITION WITHIN HIS OWN GOVERNMENT WOULD BE LESS COMFORTABLE AS IT WOULD APPEAR THAT HE HAD LOST FAVOUR WITH
I EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS INDEED HIS SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING
OF THE BRITISH CASE THAT HAD LED TO THE GRANTING OF A VISA FOR HIM TO ATTEND THE IISS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG AT A TIME WHEN OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA WERE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE. I SAID I COULD NOT IMAGINE ANY OTHER SENIOR MEMBER OF HIS GOVERNMENT BEING GRANTED A
VISA TO TAKE PART IN SUCH AN EVENT IN HONG KONG AT THIS JUNCTURE. WHILST I COULD ALSO SEE HIS POINT OF VIEW, THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION OF GRANTING ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SINGLE ENTRY VISA FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRIP. I COULD HOLD OUT NO PROMISE OF ANY DIFFERENT TREATMENT IN THE FUTURE, BUT WOULD CERTAINLY RAISE IT WITH YOU.
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WITHOUT REQUESTING A WHOLESALE REVIEW OF YOUR POLICY ON TAIWAN VISAS, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, IN SLOWER TIME, SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR JASON HU ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE HAS NOT ABUSED A MULTI-ENTRY VISA IN THE PAST AND ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD
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