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5. The above arrangements for the proposed Visa Office in

Hong Kong are based on the understanding that:

a) it will be known as the Hong Kong Visa Office of the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic

of China;

b) it will not be a representative office of the

Government of the People's Republic of China and its

functions will be restricted to the issue of visas;

and

c) it will be separate from the Hong Kong Branch of the

J

NCNA, whose First Director will remain the senior

Chinese official in Hong Kong directly responsible

to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

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