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CONFIDENTIAL

FM IMMIG HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE

TELNO 621

PEKING

OF 19082OZ JULY 90

INFO ROUTINE FCO

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P/W (40)

165644

MDLIAN 7370

YRTELNO 65 OF 19/7: HONG KONG VISA REQUIREMENTS:

1. AS REQUESTED, COPY OF OUR TELNO 2128 TO FCO IS REPRODUCED BELOW:

QUOTE DSP VOL 52 - HONG KONG

LIST OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

1. THE FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF OUR POLICY ON THE ADMISSION TO HONG KONG OF EAST EUROPEAN AND SOVBLOC NATIONALS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO DELETE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR), PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN (PDRY), CZECHOSLOVAKIA (CZE), HUNGARY AND POLAND FROM OUR LIST OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN DSP VOL 52. THE EFFECTIVE

DATE WILL BE 16 JULY 1990.

2. AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGE, THE SEPARATE VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR EAST GERMANY WILL BE ABOLISHED. EAST GERMANS WILL BE TREATED AS WEST GERMANS. FOR NATIONALS OF THE FORMER PDRY, THEY WILL BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS WAS THE YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC.

3. FOR THE EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OF POLAND, HUNGARY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA, VISA PROCESSING TIME WILL BE REDUCED TO 10 WORKING DAYS AND PURPOSE OF VISIT WILL BE RELAXED TO INCLUDE TOURISM AND

VISITS FOR PLEASURE.

4. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD INFORM POSTS OF THE FOREGOING CHANGES AND

ARRANGE FOR AMENDMENT OF DSP VOL 52 ON THE FOLLOWING:

(A) DELETE THE ABOVE FIVE COUNTRIES FROM THE LIST OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN PARA 6.1.1:

(B) AMEND ANNEX I FOR GDR AS NO VISA IS REQUIRED FOR A VISIT OF UP TO ONE MONTH:

(C) YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC IN PARA 6.7 SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE NEW NAME REPUBLIC OF YEMEN AND

(D) ADD NEW PARA 6.9 FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AND POLAND. NATIONALS OF THESE THREE COUNTRIES WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE

REFERRED VISAS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL VISITS. PROCESSING WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

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