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when the office extension is complete. They nicht however acres to its retention if it tena being used as an office for issuing visas for Hana Kone.
Residential Accommodation. There is a serious chantage of flats in Peking. According to the DSR who allocate the Plata there are oren 200 families living in hotels in Peking awaiting permanent accommodation.
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Status. As FCO tel 441 rightly points out the question of statue of Hong Kong seconded Immigration Officers would also have to be studied carefully. The Chinese would no doubt attempt to tie this to the Chinese visa office in Hong
Frocessing Delay. There could be long delays in processing applications here/in most cases checks. would have to be made with sponsors which could only be done by correspondence. At To Wu these. can be carried out quickly by telephone.
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Entry Problems in Hong Kong. As outlined in para 5 of our tee 14 to Hong Kong the She
system Kong the present of entry has the advantage in that on arrival at Lo Wu the applicant does not have a visa stamped in his passport making his return to China if he is refused entry easier. If we were to process applicants here the applicant would arrive at Kai Tak with a visa which, if the Immigration Clearance
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he could refuse to accent and deny him admission. might then be placed in detention.. The fact that he had a visa and was refused admission could result in problems with the Chinese who would undoubtedly lay charges of discrimination and could be a continuous source of friction in our relations.
Even if the Chinese were to provide office and negidential accommodation the problems of issuing visas here are still considerable.
considerable. There is no easy solution to the problem, Det us hope we don't have to face it.
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