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YOUR TELNO 1011 TO FCO AND FCO TELNO 601: IISS CONFERENCE ON
CHINESE REGIONALISM: VISA FOR JASON HU
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I HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN THE TELELETTER REFERRED ΤΟ ΙΝ ΤΗΕ FIRST TUR AND HAVE NO BACKGROUND ON THIS CONFERENCE.
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BY COINCIDENCE, I HAD AN EARLY BREAKFAST WITH HU THIS MORNING, BUT BEFORE I HAD SEEN THE TURS. I WILL REPORT ON THIS SEPARATELY. OUR CONVERSATION WAS CONCERNED ENTIRELY WITH HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT
TO LONDON AND THE VIP MISSION. HE MADE NO MENTION OF HIS TRIP TO HONG KONG. I SUBSEQUENTLY TELEPHONED HIM AND SPOKE AS IN THE SENSE
OF THE TURS.
3. HU EXPRESSED SOME SURPRISE THAT HIS VISIT WAS CAUSING
DIFFICULTIES. HE SAID THAT HE HOLDS A MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA VALID
FOR ONE YEAR AND HAD ALWAYS AVOIDED GIVING HONG KONG AUTHORITIES
ANY PROBLEMS. HE EXPLAINED THAT HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE
CONFERENCE WOULD BE AS AN ACADEMIC. HIS OWN SPECIALITY IS PLA STUDIES AND HE STILL HOLDS A POSITION AT THE SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY. THE CONFERENCE IS AN ANNUAL AFFAIR, PREVIOUSLY HELD IN TAIWAN, AND HIS NON-APPEARANCE WAS LIKELY TO CAUSE MORE RAISED EYEBROWS THAN HIS ACTUAL PARTICIPATION. LOCALLY, HE HAD ALREADY CLEARED HIS ABSENCE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND HIS FAILURE TO GO, AT OUR SPECIFIC REQUEST, WOULD TURN THE MATTER INTO AN ISSUE HERE.
4. AT THE SAME TIME, HE UNDERSTOOD OUR DIFFICULTIES AND WAS HAPPY TO GIVE ME A PERSONAL UNDERTAKING THAT HE WOULD NOT SPEAK TO ANY JOURNALISTS IN HONG KONG OR ADOPT A POSTURE WHICH WOULD COMPROMISE HIS ACADEMIC STATUS, HE WOULD NOT BE SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE BUT WOULD BE HOSTING A DINNER ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE MAIN PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING SEGAL.
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