TNAG-1095-FCO40-1345-Visas-for-Chinese-nationals-visiting-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 25

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GRS 450 CONFIDENTIAL

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RECEIVED IN BIOSY NO. 51-

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 291020Z OCTOBER 81.

TO PRIORITY PEKING

PA

REGISTRY Action Takan

DESK OFFCR INDEX

TELEGRAM NUMBER 401 OF 29 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY F C

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YOUR TELNOS 639 AND 640 HONG KONG TRANSIT VISAS.

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IN PREPARING THE DRAFT TEXT PROPOSED IN PARA 6 OF YOUR FIRST TUR, AN APPARENT DISCREPANCY HAS COME TO LIGHT. IN OUR TELNO 497 TO FCO, WE RELUCTANTLY CONCEDED THAT KAI TAK AIRPORT COULD BE USED BY CHINESE ORDINARY PASSPORT HOLDERS IN TRANSIT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THE FCO AUTHORIZED (FCO TELNO 19-275 TO YOU) AND YOU SUBSEQUENTLY MADE THIS CONCESSION (YOUR TELNO 390

TO THE FCO IN WHICH LIU IS DESCRIBED AS ''POCKETING'' IT). BUT THE BOUT DE PAPIER ENCLOSED WITH PEIRCE'S LETTER OF

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7 SEPTEMBER TO WILLIAMSON BY IMPLICATION WITHDREW THE CONCESSION (PARA 2(A)).

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2. AS SEEN FROM HERE, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES:

(A) TO PROCEED AS IF THE KAI TAK CONCESSION HAD NEVER BEEN MADE. WHEN, AS NOW HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME, PRC ORDINARY PASSPORT HOLDERS ARRIVE AT KAI TAK WITHOUT TRANSIT VISAS, WE NORMALLY DRAW THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CHINESE: THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED AFTER INSTITUTING THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY REMIND THE CHINESE THAT THE CONCESSION HAD BEEN MADE AND THIS MIGHT GENERATE ILL-WILL.

(B) GO BACK TO THE CHINESE WITH A TEXT WHICH INCLUDES THE CONCESSION. THE DISADVANTAGE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW IS THAT HOWEVER STRINGENT THE CONDITIONS, THERE IS A RISK OF DISRUPTION AT KAI TAK. THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN PARA 4(A) TO (E) OF OUR TELNO 497 WOULD THEREFORE NEED TO BE REPEATED, PERHAPS ORALLY AT THE TIME OF THE EXCHANGE OF TEXTS.

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3. WE SHOULD PREFER NOT TO MAKE THE KAI TAK CONCESSION. BUT WE DO NOT WISH TO LAY CURSELVES OPEN TO ACCUSATIONS OF BAD FAITH. BEFORE TAKING WORK ON OUR TEXT ANY FURTHER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE ON THE ALTERNATIVES IN PARA 2 ABOVE.

MACLEHOSE

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CONFIDENTIAL

1981

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

COPIES TO :

HONG KONG GOUT Office

LONDON

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