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Dr.David Owen, Foreign Secretary,

Foreign Office,

I ̈ondon.

Dear Dr.Owen,

НК

SHUNWEALTH OFFICE

Budapest,6th August, 1977

1 1 AUG 1977

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I am the very first Hungarian citizen who has ever applied for a Hong Kong tourist visa and the first one to see his visa application rejected by the Hong Kong Immigration Authorities.

Being an eccentric I could always say I want to go to Hong Kong becouse it is there, but I want to motivate my intention by reaffirming to you too, that I am fascinated by the East / I have already been in Mongolia and China in that region 7, I like the Chinese food it is as good as

/ the Hungarian food, and as far as I can afford it I want to enrich my little collection of Chinese objects of art. I am ready to declare that I do not want to ask for political or any other form of asylum in Hong Kong and I will not engage in any subversive activities against Britain, Hong Kong, or China. I have not done so in the U.K., or seve- ral other countries I have visited as a tourist or in official capacity./

2,

I am not a millionaire,but I shall be able to spend a week in Hong Kong without applying for welfare aide, and I am in possession of every necessary exit permits of the Hungarian authorities.

Having enumerated every detail concerning my little tourist trip to Hong Kong so close to my heart I should like to ask you Dr.Owen to help me, and to instruct the Hong Kong Im- migration Authorities to issue my tourist visa so that I could, spend about a week in Hong Kong in November-December this year.