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13 AUG 1993
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OF 121502Z AUGUST 1993
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP BRUSSELS, OTHER EC POSTS
YOUR TELNO 196 TO ATHENS : SCHENGEN CVL : HONG KONG
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I CALLED TODAY ON BECKERS AND QUAGHEBEUR, CONSULAR DIVISION, MFA, AND LEFT A PIECE OF PAPER BASED ON PARAGRAPH 6 OF YOUR TUR. QUAGHEBEUR HAD JUST RECEIVED AN ACCOUNT OF THE SCHENGEN CONSULS- GENERAL'S MEETING YESTERDAY WITH ACTING POLITICAL DIRECTOR HONG KONG. NEITHER HAD BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM: LACROIX, CONSULAR DIVISION DIRECTOR AND MFA REPRESENTATIVE AT SCHENGEN MEETINGS, IS ON HOLIDAY AT PRESENT.
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I TOOK QUAGHEBEUR THROUGH THE VARIOUS POINTS AND HE UNDERTOOK TO ENSURE THAT CLAES' CABINET WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I SHALL FOLLOW THIS UP MYSELF WITH A LETTER TO WILLEMS, CHEF DE CABINET, ALTHOUGH I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE SHALL GET ANY FIRM VIEWS FROM THE BELGIANS MUCH BEFORE EARLY SEPTEMBER, AS MOST SENIOR PEOPLE ARE ON HOLIDAY (INCLUDING THE SCHENGEN SECRETARIAT). SHALL ALSO PURSUE WITH THE OFFICE DES ETRANGERS. WHATEVER HAPPENS, THE BELGIANS WILL WISH TO CONSULT THEIR BENELUX COLLEAGUES BEFORE TAKING ANY DECISION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
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