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HONG KONG TELNO 1390 VISIT TO HONG KONG BY CZECHOSLOVAK DEPUTY
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 WISHED TO DO SO. DO YOU AND HONG KONG AGREE ? IT WOULD SEEM
INVIDIOUS NOT TO EXTEND THIS OPTION TO THEM.
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