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BEIRUT TELNO 81 TO FCO (NOT TO SANA'A): HONG KONG VISAS
1. LEBANESE REQUEST FOR HMG'S ASSISTANCE (TUR) NOTED WITH
INTEREST. YEMENI MINISTER CALLED ON ME ON 14 FEBRUARY ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS AMBASSADOR ALSO TO SEEK DEROGATIONS.
2. AL-HABSHI SAID THAT PASSPORTS WERE TAKING MORE THAN 45 DAYS WHICH CAUSED GREAT DIFFICULTIES FOR YEMENI STUDENTS IN CHINA COVER 100 OF THEM). I GAVE THE USUAL RESPONSE ABOUT SPONSORS AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S AUTONOMY ON INTERNAL MATTERS. AL-HABSHI ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD MADE NO DIRECT CONTACT, BUT SAID THAT HIS AMBASSADOR HOPED HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WOULD RECEIVE HIM TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER.
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