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FM PEKING 243200Z OCT 79
DESKBY 240400Z
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
AKK 345/2...
RECOVIO A KID!
TELEGRAM NUMBER IMMA 544 OF 24 OCTOBER
INFO ROUTINE VISFO.
2 5 OCT 1979
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PA
FOLLOWING FOR DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION FROM CONSUL.
YOUR TELNO.164 OF 26 SEPTEMBER:
HAILU YOHANNES.
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1. THE ABOVE NAMED HAS NOW BEEN GRANTED AN EXIT VISA VALID
HE HAS BEEN TOLD THAT NO EXTENSION ONLY UNITL 31 OCTOBER 1979.
WILL BE GIVEN AFTER THIS DATE.
2. S INCE OUR LETTER OF 5 SEPTEMBER YOHANNES HAS MADE VIGOROUS EFFORTS TO EXPLAIN HIS REASONS FOR WISHING TO STOP OVER IN HONG KONG AND HAS NOW PRODUCED A LETTER (A COPY OF WHICH IS BEING FORWARDED IN TODYAY'S BAG ) FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI) WHO
THE LETTER ARE PREPARED TO GIVE HIM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. CLEARLY STATES AI'S WILLINGNESS TO PURCHASE AN AIR TICKET WHICH
AMNESTY WOULD ENABLE YOHANNES TO LEAVE HONG KONG AT ANY TIME. INTERNATIONAL'S BRANCH OFFICE IN HONG KONG WOULD ALSO HELP TO FINANCE HIS STAY THERE.
3.
THE CANADIAN EMBASSY IN PEKING HAVE OFFERED TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW FOR YOHANNES WITH THEIR IMMIGRATION OFFICER,
WHO
IS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG AND THE HK CHRISTIAN SERVICE HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HELPING HIM.
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YOHANNES HAS DISCOVERED (NOT FROM US) THAT HE CAN, AS AN ETHIOPIAN CITIZEN, ENTER HONG KONG WITHOUT A VISA BUT SAYS THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO REGULARISE HIS STAY BY OBTAINING A VISA BEFORE
LEAVING PEKING.
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