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YOUR TELNO 1355: VISIT VISA POLICY.
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IN VIEW OF YOUR ADVICE WE WILL (FROM 14 SEPTEMBER 1992) REQUIRE UNREFERRED VISAS FOR VISITS OF UP TO 14 DAYS FOR NATIONALS OF:
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(B) SOMALIA: AND
(C) MYAMNAR
IN LINE WITH OUR NEW POLICY ON CROATIA AND SLOVENIA, NATIONALS OF OTHER FORMER YUGOSLAV STATES (INCLUDING BOSNIA AND THE RUMP STATE) MY ENTER VISA-FREE FOR VISITS UP TO 14 DAYS INSTEAD OF ONLY SEVEN AS AT PRESENT.
APPLICATIONS FROM RESIDENTS OF KWA-ZULU SHOULD BE REFERRED
TO HONG KONG.
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GRATEFUL EARLY ADVICE ON PARAGRAPH 13 OF OUR TELNO 2270 )ADVICE GIVEN TO RUSSIAN TOURISTS).
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YOUR TELNOS 2063 AND 2095 AND WARSAW TELNO 462: VISA WAIVER ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND POLAND
1. WE ARE ALSO CONTENT WITH THIS RELAXATION. INSTEAD OF AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES THIS COULD EQUALLY BE DONE BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY WRITING TO THE APPROPRIATE POLISH VISA AUTHORITIES. ALL THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO WOULD BE TO LET THE CHIEF SECRETARY KNOW IN WRITING THAT THEY ACCEPTED THE CHANGE. HOWEVER, PROCEEDING AS PROPOSED BY EXCHANGE OF NOTES IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT THE 1991 ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ARE BEING AMENDED ARE IN THIS FORM: BUT WE WOULD SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING DRAFTING CHANGES:
(A) IN THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S NOTE:
'IT IS PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG THAT, FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 1992, SUCH VISA-FREE ACCESS WILL BE FOR FOURTEEN DAYS ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS, NOT SEVEN DAYS AS SET OUT IN THE UNDERSTANDING WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON 27 NOVEMBER 1991, AND ACCORDINGLY THAT ''FOURTEEN'' WILL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ''SEVEN'' IN PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (3) OF THAT UNDERSTANDING. OTHER ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO THIS MATTER WILL REMAIN AS SET OUT IN
THAT UNDERSTANDING.
IF THE ABOVE PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND I HAVE THE HONOUR TO SUGGEST THAT THIS NOTE AND YOUR REPLY TO THAT EFFECT WILL CONSTITUTE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS, WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.'
(B) IN THE POLISH REPLY:
'I HAVE THE FURTHER HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AND TO CONFIRM THAT YOUR NOTE AND THE PRESENT REPLY WILL CONSTITUTE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON 1 SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.'
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