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attached together with Hong Kong telno 1409, reporting a call on the Political Adviser by the Spanish Consul General there. Although Carbajal noted that Hong Kong was not being singled out, and regretted any problems caused in Hong Kong, he made it clear that he could not entertain reconsidering the visa regime. It is against this background that we are considering what steps we might take on the political, as opposed to consular, net.