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MDLIAN 7268
15/9.
FCO TELNO 758 TO HONG KONG AND TELNO 146 TO VIENNA: VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR BRITISH NATIONAL COVERSEAS) VISITING AUSTRIA
PASSPORT HOLDERS
1. WE UNDERSTOOD PARA 4 OF FIRST TUR TO MEAN THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS WHEN THE RETURNABILITY QUESTION HAD BEEN CLARIFIED WITH THE HOME OFFICE. WE WERE THEREFORE AWAITING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS BEFORE APPROACHING THE AUSTRIANS.
2.
IN THE MEANTIME, HOWEVER, THE AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY HAVE APPROACHED US INFORMALLY ON THE PROBLEM OF RETURNABILITY. WE THEREFORE SEE LITTLE POINT IN RAISING THIS FORMALLY WITH THE AUSTRIANS UNTIL THIS POINT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. WHEN THE AUSTRIANS WERE APPROACHED IN 1986 AND ASKED TO ACCORD THE SAME FACILITIES TO HOLDERS OF BN (0) PASSPORTS AS THEY DO TO BDTC PASSPORTS HOLDERS, THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT THIS PROVIDED THAT WE COULD GIVE THEM AN ASSURANCE ON THE QUESTION OF RETURNABILITY. WE WERE UNABLE TO DO SO THEN AND WE FEAR THAT NO AGREEMENT TO AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL SUCH AN ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN.
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WOOD
WE AWAIT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.
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