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FROM: DJ GOWAN, BRASILIA

TO: D F E LE BRETON ESQ, (NTD,) FCC

23 007 1996

HONG KONG: BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS): FACILITATING TRAVEL TO THIRD COUNTRIES

1. THE AMBASSADOR HAS ASKED ME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CIRCULAR LETTER (GNP 343/32) OF 23 SEPTEMBER.

2. THE AMBASSADOR SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED DURING A CALL WHICH HE MADE ON 21 OCTOBER ON AMBASSADOR PAULO TARSC FLECHA DE LIMA, THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MFA. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM OUR TELNO 260 PAULO TARSO RESPONDED POSITIVELY.

3. ALSO ON 21 OCTOBER, I CALLED ON COUNSELLOR JADIEL DE OLIVEINA (HEAD OF THE IMMIGRATION DIVISION OF THE MEA) AND HANDED OVEN A NOTE AND BACKGROUND PAPER DRAWING ON THE MATERIAL WHICH YOU PROVIDED. 1 EXPLAINED THE KEY POINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR LETTER. DE CLIVEIRA COMMENTED THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IN(C) STATUS AND PASSPORT WERE EVIDENTLY A LOGICAL STEP STEMMING FRO THE HONG KONG ACT 1985. HE COULD TELL ME INFORMALLY THAT THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS WOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS FOR THE FRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES, WHICH WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECOGNISE THE NEW STATUS AND THE PASSPORTS OF EN(C)s. HE ADDED THAT THE IFA WOULD LET US HAVE A WRITTEN REPLY IN DUE COURSE FORMALLY TAKING NOTE OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.