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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL,
FM HONG KONG 140700Z JULY 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 754 OF 14 JULY
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
GRANT OF VISA TO ARGENTINE NATIONAL
&+BX 2 days
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THE 41ST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL DE
16 SEPTEMBER. DOCUMENTATION IS DUE TO BE HELD HERE FROM 12 PRECEDING IT FROM 6 11 SEPTEMBER, WILL BE A WORKSHOP AND A FEDERATION COUNCIL MEETING.
2. THE ORGANISER HAS ONLY NOW TOLD US THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION, RICARDO GIETZ, IS AN ARGENTINE NATIONAL AND WE HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION THAT GIETZ WILL BE GRANTED A VISA TO HONG KONG FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD.
3. FROM THE LOCAL POINT OF VIEW THERE WOULD SEEM NOW TO BE NO STRONG OBJECTION TO THIS. NOT TO DO SO COULD INJECT A SOMEWHAT SOUR NOTE INTO A MAJOR ACADEMIC GATHERING WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS WELCOMING (THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE GIVING A RECEPTION FOR THE PARTICIPANTS). MOREOVER, THOSE ATTENDING ARE COMING NOT AS NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES BUT AS INDIVIDUALS PRE-EMINENT IN THE
FIELD OF LIBRARIANSHIP.
4. IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR NORMAL POLICY WE HAVE SINCE THE CONGRESS WAS MOOTED A YEAR AGO BARRED ENTRY TO A FEW WOULD-BE PARTICIPANTS FROM SOVBLOC COUNTRIES. THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE ORGANISERS.
5. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL SUBSEQUENTLY VISIT CHINA AND, IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ALLOWED INTO HONG KONG, HE WILL JOIN THAT TOUR, THIS WOULD HIGHLIGHT HIS EXCLUSION.
EVEN
6. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THE GRANT OF A VISA WOULD NOT CAUSE EMBARRASSMENT.
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THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT ADVANCED
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HONG KONG GOUT Office
LONDON
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