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I ALSO REFERRED TO THE DISTURBING PRECEDENT OF THE TWO VIETNAMESE WHO WERE ABLE TO ENTER HONG KONG ON CHINESE PASSPORTS HAVING BEEN REFUSED VISAS BY US WHEN APPLYING AS VIETNAMESE. 1 SAID THAT WE DID NOT WISH TO INTERFERE WITH THE RIGHT OF THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO ISSUE DOCUMENTS TO THOSE PERSONS THEY CONSIDERED WERE ENTITLED, BUT HOPED THAT THEY WOULD RESPECT THE RULE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD APPLIED FOR VISAS AND BEEN REFUSED SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED EXIT PERMITS. CHANG, HAVING BEEN GIVEN THE DETAILS, PROMISED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER.

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