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FM FCO 131600Z AUG 85

TO PRIORITY MEXICO CITY

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1011 OF 13 AUGUST

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING WASHINGTON, NEW YORK

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HONG KONG BDTC'S: VISITORS VISAS FOR MEXICO

1. IN MRS DEE'S LETTER OF 28 MAY (NOT TO MEXICO CITY) THE

HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT DREW OUR ATTENTION TO TWO CASES

OF HONG KONG BDTC'S WHO HAD ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING

VISITORS' VISAS FROM THE MEXICAN CONSULATE GENERAL IN NEW YORK.

ONE OF THE BDTC'S WAS APPARENTLY TOLD, (ALBEIT INFORMALLY),

THAT, IN THE LIGHT OF THE

SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THE MEXICAN

GOVERNMENT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HONG KONG BDTC

OVERSTAYERS.

2.

GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE MEXICANS HAVE EXPRESSED ANY

RESERVATIONS TO YOU ABOUT THE POSITION OF HONG KONG BDTC'S IN THE

LIGHT OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT. IT SEEMS FROM YOUR TEL NOS 6

AND 7 TO HAMILTON THAT THE MEXICANS ARE NOT DISCRIMINATING

SPECIFICALLY AGAINST HONG KONG BDTC'S BUT ARE GENERALLY

REQUIRING THEIR OVERSEAS POSTS TO REFER ALL MEXICAN ENTRY

CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS FROM BDTC'S TO MEXICO CITY. MVD ARE

CONSIDERING THIS ASPECT.

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