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FM BOMBAY 110545Z NOV 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM 212 OF 11 ONVEMBER 1982
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SAVING NEW DELHI (PLAESE TAKE COPY)
YOUR TELNO 934 TO HONG KONG : IRANIAN VISA APPLICATION
1.
IRANIAN CONSULATE GENERAL WERE ASKED FOR CUTLINE OF MP MOTTAKI'S PURPOSE IN VISITING HONG KONG. WE WERE ADVISED BY TELEPHONE THAT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN PURSUING THE MATTER FURTHUR AS APPLICANT WAS NO LONGER IN BOMBAY, COINCIDENTALLY FURTHUR NOTE WAS RECEIVED FROM IRANIANS REQUESTING A HONG KONG VISA FOR THEIR VICE-CONSUL WHO HAD DEALT WITHUS IN MR MOTTARI'S APPLICATION. ALTHOUGH NOTE STATED VISIT WAS 2 3 WEEKS DURATION, WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM HE SAID HE WOULD BE VISITING UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 5 DAYS AND HIS PURPOSE WAS SHOPPING AND VISITING FRIENDS. A COURTESY VISIT VISA WAS ISSUED FOR THE VISIT SAID TO BE AS FROM 13 NOVEMBER.
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2.
PARTICULARS OF APPLICANT ARE:
MR SEYYED AHMAD BOLBOLI
BORN BIRJAND 1952
IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT NO. 001875
ISSUED TEHRAN 30 JAN 82 VALID TO 31 JAN 83
MR BOLBOLI IS MARRIED BUT WIFE WILL NOT ACCOMPANY HIM. HAS BEEN AT POST SINCE 1981.
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3. MR MOTTAKI IS THOUGHT TO BE PART OF THE IRANIAN DELEGATION WHO ARE HAVING INTER ALIA TALKS WITH GOI ABOUT IRANIAN STUDENTS IN INDIA. THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE PRESS COMMENT LOCALLY ABOUT THEIR ACTIVITIES AND WOULD APPEAR TO BE ACTING IN VERY LOW KEY IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER THE COINCIDENCE OF THE HONG KONG VISA APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND.
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