TNAG-2357-FCO40-3428-Official-visits-from-the-UK-to-Hong-Kong-1991 — Page 5

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SK OFFICE:

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HONG KONG TELNO 1390 VISIT TO HONG KONG BY CZECHOSLOVAK DEPUTY ho, ho, FOREIGN MINISTER

1. WE WERE INTERESTED TO LEARN FROM TUR THAT IT HAS BEEN AGREED

THAT THE POLES MAY OPEN A CONSULATE-GENERAL IN HONG KONG

AND THAT THE SAME IS LIKELY TO BE AGREED FOR THE CZECHOSLOVAKS. AS YOU KNOW, IN 1990 WE DISCOURAGED THE HUNGARIANS FROM APPLYING TO OPEN A CONSULATE AND STEERED THEM TOWARDS THE OPTION

OF A TRADE OFFICE (WHICH MIGHT ISSUE VISAS TO HONG KONG

CITIZENS). THE HUNGARIANS MADE CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A SECOND-BEST.

2. SINCE THEN, OWING TO AN INTERNAL FUNDING DISPUTE, NO FURTHER PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL THE MFA THAT

THEY COULD PROBABLY NOW OPEN A CONSULATE-GENERAL IF THEY

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WISHED TO DO SO. DO YOU AND HONG KONG AGREE? IT WOULD SEEM Polish Con-Gen is Gary's

INVIDIOUS NOT TO EXTEND THIS OPTION TO THEM.

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