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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 773

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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YOUR TELNO 1361: HONG KONG: HAN DONGFANG

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MR GOODLAD RAISES HAN'S CASE WITH AMBASSADOR MA, WHO CLAIMS TO BE UNSIGHTED, BUT UNDERTAKES TO REPORT AND PASS ON ANY RESPONSE.

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2. MR GOODLAD EXPRESSED CONCERN TO AMBASSADOR MA ON 23 AUGUST AT THE EXPULSION OF HAN TO HONG KONG AND SAID THAT HE WAS SUPRISED THE CHINESE HAD TAKEN SUCH ACTION. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS A BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR A STATE TO EXPEL ONE OF ITS OWN NATIONALS INTO A TERRITORY FOR WHICH THE PERSON CONCERNED DID NOT HOLD A VALID VISA. MOREOVER IT WAS AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF THE EXCELLENT CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS WHICH HONG KONG ENJOYED WITH GUANGDONG.

3. MR GOODLAD ADDED THAT WE HAD RECENTLY HEARD THAT NCNA HAD ANNOUNCED THE CANCELLATION OF HAN'S PASSPORT. WE HOPED THAT THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE INTENDING TO RENDER HAN STATELESS IN CONTRAVENTION OF CHINA'S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS. SUCH ACTIONS WOULD NOT REASSURE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. WE URGED THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW HAN TO

RETURN TO CHINA.

4. MA SAID THAT HE HAD ONLY SEEN NEWSPAPER REPORTS OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. HE UNDERTOOK TO REPORT OUR CONCERNS TO PEKING AND LET US KNOW ANY RESPONSE.

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