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HONG KONG TELNO 726: ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN VENEZUELAN CONSULATE-GENERAL, HONG KONG
1. WHILE THE PRESS LINE SUGGESTED IN PARA 3 OF TUR MAY BE SUSTAINABLE IN HONG KONG, SEEN FROM HERE IT IS TO SAY THE LEAST GOING RATHER FAR FOR US TO ARREST THE ACTING VENEZUELAN CONSUL-
GENERAL AND THEN REFUSE TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE DONE SO.
2. ONCE THE VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR IN LONDON IS INFORMED ABOUT THE ARREST, THE STORY WILL NOT BE LONG IN GETTING OUT HERE, AND IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR US CONVINCINGLY TO CLAIM IGNORANCE.
3. MEANWHILE SHOULD THE MFA CONTACT ME PERSONALLY I SHALL CONFINE MYSELF TO CONFIRMING THAT RAMIREZ HAS BEEN ARRESTED UNDER ARTICLE 41 OF THE VIENNA CONVENTION, THAT THE VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR IN LONDON IS BEING FORMALLY INFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 42 OF THAT CONVENTION, AND THAT A WAIVER OF IMMUNITY IS BEING REQUESTED.
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