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FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.

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YOUR TELNO 509: MR NIKOLAY NIKKVAYEVICH SOKHOLOV AND WIFE.

1. WE ARE CONSCIOUS OF THE HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS OF THE SOKHOLOV'S APPLICATIONS AND THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN DETAILED AND CAREFUL

CONSIDERATION. WE ARE PREPARED AS AN EXCEPTION AND ON HUMANIT- ARIAN GROUNDS TO ALLOW MRS SOKHOLOV TO VISIT HONG KONG BUT WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO EXTEND THE CONCESSION TO HER HUSBAND,

2. THE DEGREE OF RELATIONSHIP IS NOT CLOSE. THE HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS ARE NOT SO STRONG AS TO MAKE THE DECISION IN FAVOUR OF MRS SOKHOLOV EASY. BOTH SOKHOLOV'S ARE ONLY 61 WHICH IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE STILL IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT, AND FOR MRS SOKHOLOV TO TRAVEL ALONE IF SHE WISHES TO.

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