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Foreign and Commonwealth Office See HICK 345/2 1983

London SW1A 2AH

Telephone 01- 233 4439

M W Hill Esq

Director, Science Reference Library

25 Southampton Buildings

Chancery Lane

LONDON

WC2A 1AW

FID CONGRESS

HONG KONG

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Your reference

Our reference

Date

16 August 1982

HKK

НКК 345, 2

No

CGE

"7/8 Fif/8

Thank you for your letters of 29 and 30 July about the issue of a visa for Dr P Lazar.

I understand that the Hong Kong authorities explained to Mr Barry Burton, the Chairman of the FID organising Committee in Hong Kong, in a letter of 20 November 1981 that they would not be able to admit any person from the USSR or other countries in the Soviet Bloc to Hong Kong for the FID Congress. confirmed this position to him verbally in January this year.

They also

We have drawn your letters to us to the attention of the Hong Kong Government, but I am sure that you will understand that the issue of visas for entry into Hong Kong is primarily a matter for them.

bce:

R J F Hoare

Hong Kong and General Department

A D Conyard Esq, MVD JCR Gray Esq, EESD

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