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1. Mr Patterson, Nationality & Treaty Dept, CL 527 (pleine purs) 2. Mr Sawyer,
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HONG KONG:
NATIONALITY MATTERS
Attached are copies of:
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(a) Mr Blain's letter of 25 August to Mr Fullerton;
(b) Mr Sawyer's minute of 4 October to Mr Milton; and
(c) a draft reply to the letter at (a).
I would be grateful for your comments on the draft. You will see that it is to issue from this Department.
2.
The substance of Mr Smedley's minute of 27 July to Mr Stewart has not yet been passed to Hong Kong. However, the first two paragraphs of the second page of the text enclosed with Mr Amy's letter of 3 August to Mr Davies broadly explains the arrangements envisaged for Gibraltarians under the proposals in the Green Paper on Nationality. Mr Blain can then be referred to Mr Davies: (they are in the same Department)
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3. In his manuscript minute of 5 October, Mr Quantrill casts doubt on the legitimacy of Mr Blain's interest in this question. Security Branch of the Government Secretariat in Hong Kong do have a legitimate interest in this matter (as well as the Hong Kong Government Immigration Department) and Mr Davies, Hong Kong Secretary for Security, has been a regular correspondent with the Department on nationality matters since the publication of the Green Paper.
CODE 18 - 77
17 October 1977
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T J David
Hong Kong & General Department
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be pustiular gratef! for yur carments on the Adrichility of catday returning pain 3 of the draft.
reference It is strange that rs Blain makes no X Mes Amy's letter of 3 August to res Davies. The enclave to that letter deals with the Gibraltarians' right to free
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