TNAG-2795-FCO40-4035-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Taiwan-1993 — Page 58

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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1993

TOCISTRY

TELNO 707

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OF 231608Z JULY 93

INFO PRIORITY ATTC TAIPEI

INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 7 TO ATTC TAIPEI AND ATTC TELNO 8: HONG KONG/TAIWAN: NEW KMT ALLIANCE

1. WE ARE CONTENT FOR YOU AND ATTC TO PROCEED AS PROPOSED IN YOUR TURS.

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(FOR ATTC) SECOND TUR DOES NOT APPEAR TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG TELNO 1108 OF 8 JULY. IN CASE THIS HAS NOT REACHED YOU, YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT IT INDICATED THAT, AS HE SEEMS TO HAVE LIVED UP TO HIS PROMISES OF DISCRETION AND HIS PRESENCE AT THE IISS CONFERENCE ATTRACTED NO PUBLICITY, HONG KONG ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER GRANTING JASON HU A MULTI-ENTRY VISA NEXT TIME HE APPLIES. IT SUGGESTED THAT MORRICE MAY WISH TO EXPLAIN THIS TO HIM, MAKING CLEAR THAT THIS IS ON AN EXCEPTIONAL BASIS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF HU COULD KEEP THIS TO HIMSELF THAT HE HAS BEEN GRANTED THIS PRIVILEGE. IT WOULD NOT BE WELCOME IF OTHER SIMILARLY SENIOR FIGURES BEGAN TO CAMPAIGN FOR MULI-ENTRY VISAS ON THE GROUND OF THIS PRECEDENT. ALL HU'S VISITS WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE ''PURELY PRIVATE''. BUT AN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD INFORM YOU OF ANY SIGNIFICANT VISITS WOULD BE HELPFUL. SAME TUR ALSO CLARIFIED THAT HIS LAST MULTI-ENTRY VISA WAS A ONE YEAR VISA GRANTED ON 12 NOVEMBER 1990, IE BEFORE HE BECAME A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.

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