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TO ROUTINE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 662 OF 30 MAY

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MY TELNOS 153 AND 166 TO YOU AND 412 TO F C O ETC : CHINESE VISA

OFFICE IN HONG KONG.

1. WE HAVE REACHED THE STAGE OF SENDING TO PRINT THE LATEST REVISION

OF THE HONG KONG CONSULAR LIST. SINCE WE NEEDED TO KNOW WHETHER THE

VISA OFFICE HAD ACCEPTED OUR SUGGESTION THAT WE NAME THEIR DIRECTOR

AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE LIST, THE ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER SPOKE TO ZENG ZHIWEN. ZENG EXPLAINED THAT THE VISA OFFICE HAD REFER-

RED THE MATTER TO PEKING, AND THAT HE EXPECTED THE MFA TO RAISE

IT WITH THE EMBASSY. GIVEN THAT THE LIST GOES TO PRINT AT THE END

OF THIS WEEK, WOOD EXPLAINED (AND ZENG AGREED) THAT THE VISA OFFICE HAD MISSED THE BOAT THIS TIME, AND ANY LISTING OF THE VISA OFFICE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUE, (IF THE CHINESE BY THEN AGREED WITH OUR SUGGESTION),

2. GIVEN OUR EARLIER ASSESSMENT THAT THE VISA OFFICE'S REQUESTS

WERE A LOCAL INITIATIVE, (PARA 5 OF FIRST TUR) IT COULD BE THAT THE MFA HAS SQUASHED THE IDEA. NONETHELESS, YOU WILL WISH TO BE AWARE IN CASE AN APPROACH IS MADE.

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