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TELELETTER REF 341/1
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RUSSELL THOMSON, LIMA
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CC:
FED, FCO
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG CHANCERY, PEKING
PERUVIAN CITIZENSHIP FOR SALE
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PEOPLE OF FAR-EASTERN ORIGIN HAVE PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PERU'S RECENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT AND NOW HAVE A PRESENCE IN GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT AND BUSINESS OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO THEIR NUMBERS. IT IS THUS PERHAPS NATURAL THAT PRESIDENT FUJIMORI SHOULD LOOK TO THE FAR EAST AS A SOURCE OF NEW INVESTMENT, AND OF ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT IMMIGRANTS. THE LATTER IS GIVING RISE TO ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND
DOUBLE DEALING.
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LAST MONTH THE CONGRESO CONSTITUYENTE DEMOCRATICO (CCD) MODIFIED ARTICLE 91 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION ALLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO REDUCE, OR DISPENSE WITH, THE RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR NATURALISATION AS A PERUVIAN CITIZEN. 5 DAYS LATER THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED A NEW DECREE ON THE PROMOTION OF INVESTMENT AND IMMIGRATION. THIS ALLOWED A FOREIGNER, ON THE PAYMENT OF AN UNSPECIFIED, AND NON-REFUNDABLE, SUM TO BE GRANTED IMMEDIATE PERUVIAN CITIZENSHIP. LIKE SOME OTHER RECENT PERUVIAN LEGISLATION THE DECREE CONTIANED A CLAUSE STATING THAT IF APPLICATIONS WERE NOT PROCESSED BY THE BUREAUCRACY WITHIN A SET PERIOD, THEY WERE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
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THE VERY NEXT DAY THE GOVERNMENT PROMULGATED A FURTHER DECREE EXTENDING THE AMBIT OF ITS SPECIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION OFFICE IN HONG KONG (LIMA TELNO 44 OF 1992 TO FCO), TO CHINA, VIETNAM AND MACAO, AS WELL AS SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, THAILAND, INDONESIA AND TAIWAN. ACCORDING TO EX-INDUSTRY MINISTER, AND NOW CCD MEMBER, VICTOR JOY WAY, UP TO 10,000 POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND IMMIGRANTS
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