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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 4178
17 DEC 1986
OF 171OO5Z DECEMBER 86
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OUR TELNO 4114 : VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HK BDTC'S AND BN (0)'S
CONSUL-GENERAL OF SPAIN (PEDAUYE) CALLED ON S FOR S THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO RECOGNISE THE BN(0) STATUS AND THE PASSPORT THAT GOES WITH IT. IN ADDITON, PEDAUYE SAID THAT THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED ADMINISTRATIVELY TO WAIVE ENTRY VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR BDTC AND BN (0) PASSPORT HOLDERS FOR PERIODS OF UP TO THIRTY DAYS. THE NEW ARRANGEMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT AS FROM 15 JANUARY 1987.
2. PEDAUYE FOLLOWED UP BY CONFIRMING IN WRITING WHAT HE SAID IN
THE MORNING.
3. AS POINTED OUT BY PEDAUYE IN THE COURSE OF OUR DISCUSSION THE VISA-FREE ARRANGEMENT SHOULD COVER 98 PERCENT OF BDTC TRAVELLERS TO SPAIN AND WE ARE VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED BY THE RESPONSE. PEDAUYE AGREED THAT WE COULD PUBLICISE THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT'S RECOGNITION OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT AND THE VISA-FREE ARRANGREMENT. THIS WE INTEND TO DO TOMORROW (18 DEC.). WE WILL BE HANDING OVER AN ADVANCE COPY OF OUR PRESS RELEASE TO PEDAUYE AS A MATTER OF
COURTESY.
AKERS-JONES
YYYY
HMLNAN 6209
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
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MR OSBORNE, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR PLANT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR LYON, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
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