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UNCLASSIFIED

FM FCO

TO TELELETTER PARIS

TELELETTER

OF 191238Z MAY 92

AND TO TELELETTER ANTANANARIVO

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022211

MDTTAN 9049

FOR M RUNACRES ESQ, PARIS

FROM N D M TAYLOR, EAD, FCO

COPIED TO J WOODROW ESQ, HKD, FCO

C POOLE ESQ,

ANTANANARIVO

MADAGASCAR/HONG KONG: PASSPORT PROBLEMS

1.

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THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME A FAXED COPY OF YOUR LETTER OF 13

MAY TO HONG KONG DEPARTMENT. ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR

EMBASSY IN PARIS, THE MALAGASY CONSULATE IN LONDON HAD EARLIER

SPOKEN TO US TO ENLIST OUR HELP IN OVERCOMING THE IMMIGRATION

PROBLEMS THEIR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WERE HAVING IN HONG

KONG.

HE

2. WE CONTACTED CHRIS POOLE IN OUR EMBASSY IN ANTANANARIVO.

KNEW THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME DIFFICULTIES IN HONG KONG WITH THE

MALAGASY SERVICE PASSPORT HOLDERS, BUT WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE PROBLEM HAD REMAINED. AS IT HAPPENED, THE MALAGASY CONSUL TO LONDON WAS IN ANTANANARIVO AT THE TIME AND CHRIS SAID HE WOULD

FOLLOW THE MATTER UP WITH HIM. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING

FURTHER.

3.

WE CAN SEE NO NEED FOR YOU TO BECOME INVOLVED FURTHER IN

THIS MATTER. BUT YOU WILL NO DOUBT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

MALAGASY NOTE VERBALE. IN YOUR REPLY YOU MAY WISH TO STATE

SIMPLY THAT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN ANTANANARIVO IS AWARE OF THIS

ISSUE AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES IN MADAGASCAR.

HURD

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HKD 341/3

2) MAY (992

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