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FM HONG KONG 220855Z MAY 79
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 611 OF 22 MAY
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELNO 300: ISSUING OF VISAS IN HONG KONG.
1. POLITICAL ADVISER SPOKE ACCORDINGLY YESTERDAY TO LI JUSHENG, SECOND DIRECTOR OF NCNA. LI SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THIS AGREEMENT. HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD START ISSUING VISAS IN ABOUT
A MONTH'S TIME.
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2. LI SAID HE THOUGHT IT WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE TO USE THE
NAME OF THE NCNA AS THE VISA ISSUING AGENCY. NOR WOULD IT BE
SUITABLE TO USE CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG. INSTEAD HE SUGGESTED USING THE NAME "THE HONG KONG VISA OFFICE OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU OF GUANGDONG PROVINCE'' (GUANGDONG SHENG WAISHICHU ZHU XIANGGANG QIANGZHENGCHU), POLITICAL
ADVISER SIAD THAT HIS INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT SUCH A TITLE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO US BUT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FURTHER BEFORE GIVING A DEFINITE REPLY.
3. I SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE TITLE SUGGESTED BY THE CHINESE, IT DESCRIBES PRECISELY WHAT THE OFFICE IS. HAVING HERE WHAT IS TECHNICALLY A SUB-OFFICE OF THE GUANGDONG FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUREAU WILL BE NEW. BUT I DO NOT THINK THIS GIVES AWAY ANY SIGNIFICANT POINTS SO FAR AS AN OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE IS CONCERNED. NOR DO I FORESEE ANY ADVERSE LOCAL REACTION.
4. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY AGREEMENT AS WE WILL NEED TO PUT THIS
TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON MAY 29.
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