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FM HONG KONG 220201Z
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TO ROUTINE PEKING TELNO 19 OF 22 FEBRUARY 1978 No
INFO F C 0.
VISIT OF SS ''KUNGSHOLM'' TO CANTON.
A PASSENGER LINER ON A TOURIST VISIT TO CHINA, SS KUNGSHOLM'' 3 IS DUE TO LEAVE HONG KONG FOR CANTON ON 26 FEBRUARY, RETURNING
FROM WHAMPO A DOCKS ON 1 MARCH, YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAVE AGREED TO A REQUEST FROM THE AGENTS,
GILMAN SHIPPING LIMITED, FOR AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER TO TRAVEL ON
THE VESSEL TO COMPLETE CLEARANCE OF PASSENGERS BEFORE IT DOCKS
HERE ON 2 MARCH. THE AGENTS HAVE TOLD US THAT IN ACCEPTING THE
OFFICER PROPOSED, YUNG KUM-CHUEN, THE CHINESE HAVE SAID THAT HE
DOES NOT REQUIRE A VISA SINCE HE WILL NOT BE DISEMBARKING AT
CANTON.
2. THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER PORTS BUT WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER HAS GONE ON A PASSENGER LINER FROM
HONG KONG TO CHINA FOR THIS PURPOSE.
MACLEHOSE
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MR CORTAZZI
MR STRATTON
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