CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1802
OF 031113Z JULY 92
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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170613
MDLIAN 6475
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HK TELNO 1668: CHINA INTERNAL: RETURNING STUDENTS
1. FURTHER TO TUR, AND AFTER SEVERAL FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO PRESS NCNA FOR A REPLY, THE SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
2. ACCORDING TO NCNA, THE PREVIOUS SITUATION WAS THAT PRC NATIONALS HOLDING SERVICE AND ORDINARY PASSPORTS WHO RETURNED TO CHINA REQUIRED EXIT PERMITS ISSUED BY THE PSB ON EACH OCCASION BEFORE THEY COULD LEAVE CHINA AGAIN. AS FROM 1 MAY THIS YEAR, THOSE HOLDING SERVICE PASSPORTS WOULD NOT REQUIRE THIS PERMIT. NCNA, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE OTHERS WHO HOLD ORDINARY PASSPORTS, HAVE SINCE JUNE BEEN ISSUING THEM WITH LETTERS WHICH WOULD SERVE AS EXIT PERMITS, THUS SAVING THEM THE TROUBLE OF APPROACHING THE PSB BEFORE THEY COULD LEAVE CHINA. NCNA IMPLIED THAT THE PROBLEM OF ENTRY REFUSALS MAY HAVE ARISEN BECAUSE BORDER POSTS MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE SOME VISITORS HAD THE NCNA LETTER THAT IT WAS A COMPULSORY REQUIREMENT. IN ANY CASE NCNA THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD DISAPPEAR AFTER 1 JULY, AS ALL PRC NATIONALS HOLDING SERVICE AND ORDINARY PASSPORTS WOULD NOT REQUIRE ANY EXIT PERMITS
AFTER THAT DATE.
COMMENT
3. WE MENTIONED IN TUR THE POSSIBILITY OF A BUREAUCRATIC MUDDLE. FROM THE REPLY WE HAVE HAD FROM THE NCNA, IT SEEMS THEY ARE ADMITTING THIS TO BE THE CASE. THERE HAVE IN FACT BEEN NO FURTHER CASES OF REFUSALS SINCE THEN.
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