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...sanctions. Six of the twelve E.C. member nations did not even bother to send their foreign ministers. A British proposal that the entire Community withdraw its ambassadors from Damascus for consultations was blocked by France, West Germany, Spain and Greece. Proposals to cut off arms sales to Syria, stiffen visa requirements for Syrian visitors and place restrictions on Syrian embassies and plane flights in Europe were all tabled until an E.C. meeting Nov. 10 in London...
When Gennady's mother died in Israel in 1983, the Moscow Office of Registration refused to issue a temporary visa to allow him to attend the funeral on the grounds that this would be "contradicting the interests of the USSR...
...paper quoted Balfour, now stationed in Dubai, as saying, "It's very much accepted practice if one government gives a note to another saying that this is Joe Soap's official passport, we take their word for it and issue a visa...
Asked to explain why Lara's visa was revoked, Immigration and Naturalization Service Spokesman Charles Troy said the agency had reason to believe she had entered the country to take part in subversion. But he refused to offer further details, saying only that the charge was based on "classified information" from other Government agencies...
...From mid-1983 to early 1984, Lara worked as a correspondent in Havana for Caracol Radio, a Colombian station, leading some to speculate that the INS suspected her of ties to the Castro government. But Lara pointed out that she entered the U.S. earlier this year on the same visa, which was issued last fall in Paris. Immigration officials say the issuance of the visa was the result of a slipup...