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JASHTON ESQ, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG 22 NOVEMBER 1993
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5. All in all, Lee is something of a political maverick and has been an outspoken critic of President Lee Teng-Hui within the KMT since the late 1980s. For all this, he is disliked and distrusted by the Taiwanese government and I fear that there is a fair chance that any visit to Hong Kong would be used to embarrass them and, incidentally, us. I have not, however, had any direct contact with him which is not surprising since he is completely tied up in the
However, I have left campaigning for the elections on 27 November.
a message with his office to say that I would like to speak with him about his intended visit to Hong Kong. His secretary told me that, as far as she knew, he had no early plans to visit the territory but that she would pass on the news that we wished to speak to him.
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I suggest, in these circumstances, that you delay a decision on his visa, which should only be for a single entry, until we have spoken to him as in the sense of paragraph 4 of your fax. on his reactions, we can then decide what to do.
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RAJ Bunten Esq, HKD, FCO
J Begbie Esq, FED, FCO
Ms Rogan, Peking
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