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ATTC TAIPEI TELNO 7 TO HONG KONG: VISA FOR JASON HU.
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IN THE EVENT, THE IISS CONFERENCE PROVOKED NO (NO) CHINESE REACTION HERE (ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ONE CONFUSED PRESS REPORT, IN THE SCMP, SUGGESTING THAT THE CHINESE HAD MADE REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT IT IN PEKING IN APRIL). JASON HU SEEMS TO HAVE LIVED UP TO HIS PROMISES OF DISCRETION. HIS PRESENCE ATTRACTED NO PUBLICITY.
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IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER GRANTING HIM A MULTI-ENTRY VISA NEXT TIME HE APPLIES. MORRICE MAY WISH TO EXPLAIN THIS TO HIM. BUT WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF HE COULD MAKE CLEAR THAT THIS IS ON AN EXCEPTIONAL BASIS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
HU COULD KEEP IT TO HIMSELF THAT HE HAS BEEN GRANTED THIS PRIVILEGE. IT WOULD NOT BE WELCOME IF OTHER SIMILARLY SENIOR FIGURES BEGAN TO CAMPAIGN FOR MULTI-ENTRY VISAS ON THE GROUNDS OF THIS PRECEDENT. ALL HU'S VISITS WOULD IN ANY CASE STILL HAVE TO BE 'PURELY PRIVIATE' (TUR PARA 3). BUT AN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE WOULD INFORM
ATTC TAIPEI IN ADVANCE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT VISITS WOULD OF COURSE BE HELPFUL.
ON HU'S QUERY ABOUT THE TIMING OF HIS LAST MULTI-ENTRY VISA (TUR PARA 1), THIS WAS A ONE-YEAR VISA GRANTED ON 12 NOVEMBER 1990, I.E. BEFORE HE BECAME GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN.
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