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PARIS TELNO 833 AND TELECON MCINTYRE/PARKINSON (MVD): INCLUSION OF
90 HONG KONG ON COMMON LIST OF SCHENGEN CONVENTION COUNTRIES
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AS SPAIN APPEARS ISOLATED, WE ARE ASKING FOR EARLY RECONSIDERATION OF IMPOSITION OF VISA REGIME ON HONG KONG CITIZENS.
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TUR DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS MFA'S NOTE VERBALE OF 29 JUNE AND ASSURANCES BY CARBAJAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR CONSULAR AFFAIRS, THAT SPAIN'S DECISION WAS SOLELY MOTIVATED BY SCHENGEN COUNTRIES' VISA LIST CONSIDERATIONS. WE ARE THEREFORE ISSUING A NOTE VERBALE SEEKING A REVERSAL OF THEIR RULING, DRAWING ON TUR AND RESTATING LINE TO TAKE DETAILED IN YOUR TELNO 196 TO ATHENS. I SHALL THEN SEEK A FURTHER INTERVIEW WITH CARBAJAL IMMEDIATELY HE RETURNS FROM LEAVE ON 1 SEPTEMBER.
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