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FM HONG KONG 090753Z AUG 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 860 OF 9 AUGUST
YOUR TELNO 612 : FID CONGRESS
WE WROTE TO BURTON ON 20 NOVEMBER, 1981, REPLYING TO A LETTER IN WHICH HE ASKED FOR AGREEMENT TO UP TO EIGHT SOVBLOC PARTICIPANTS. WE SAID 'WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO ADMIT ANY PERSON FROM THE USSR OR OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE SOVIET BLOC, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES POLAND AND HUNGARY''.
2. THERE REALLY IS NO ANALOGY WITH VERTUCCI WHO IS OF COURSE AMERICAN. HERS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL CASE AND WE DO NOT MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE. OUR POLICY TOWARDS VISA APPLICATIONS FROM SOVIET BLOC NATIONALS ON THE OTHER HAND HAS OVER THE YEARS BECOME COMMON KNOWLEDGE AS A RESULT BOTH OF APPLICATIONS BEING REFUSED AND ALSO OF THE GENERAL GUIDANCE WE GIVE WHEN ASKED BY PRUDENT ORGANISERS.
3. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK OF REPRESENTATIONS TO THE GOVERNOR BUT LATER THAT ADVICE AGAINST THIS COURSE HAD BEEN GIVEN. CERTAINLY NOTHING HAS EMERGED AS YET.
YOUDE
MINIMAL HKA GD
Mavo
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