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CONSULAR AGREEMENT AND CHINEGE VISA OFFICE IN HONG KONG
1 WE ARE ALL AGREED THAT OUR AIM IS TO BRING
THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT AND THE VISA OFFICE AGREEMENT INTO
FORCE AT THE SAME TIME IN LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER (MRS
COE'S LELETTER FEC 406/2 OF 17 SEPTEMBER TO THOMSON AND HONG KONG
TEL NO 2967 REFERL.
THE CHINESE HAVE TOLD US THEY WILL HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN COMPLETING THEIR PROCEDURES ON THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT BY LATE NOVEMBER (PARAGRAPH 3 OF PEKING TEL NO 2571 REFERS).
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WE WOULD NOT, HOWEVER, EXPECT THEM TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE
IN NOTIFYING US OF THE COMPLETION OF THEIR PRCEDURES UNDER ARTICLE
11 OF THE AGREEMENT. WE BELIEVE THEY WILL WAIT FOR US TO ACT FIRST.
2. ONE WE RECEIVE FUNAL CONFIRMATIN FROM YOU AND HONG KONC
OF THE COMPLETION OF RESPECTIVE PROCEDURES WE WOULD
THEREFORE PROPOSE TO NOTIFY THE CHINESE BY MEANS
OF A LETTER FROM THE AMBASSADOR TO THE DIRECTOR
OF CONSULAR DEPARTMENT AT THE MFA. A POSSIBLE TEXT, ON WHICH
WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS, IS IN MIFT.
3 ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN OUR INTENTION, WITH CHINESE CONCURRENCE, TO
BRING BOTH AGREEMENTS INTO FORCE SIMULTANEOUSLY WE
ASSUME THAT WE CAN IN PRACTICE BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT THIS
(PARTICULARLY AS WE ARE NOW GETTING SOMWHERE OVER ACCOMMODATION IN SHANGHAI), AND THAT YOU AND HONG KONG COULD ACCEPT
A DIFFERENCE OF A FEW DAYS BETWEEN THE VISA OFFICE
LEGISLATION ENTERING THE HONG KONG STATUTE BOOKS AND
THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT ENTERING INTO FORCE, WITH THE ISSUE
OF, RECIPORCAL LETTER FROM THE CHINESE, UNDER ARTICLE 11. IF SO, WE FOR OUR PART CAN DEAL WITH BOTH
ACREEMENTS IN A SINGLE LETTER, AND WE HAVE DRAFTED WITH
THAT IN VIEK.
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