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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON TELNO.356 OF II APR 78.
KONG GO
FOR BRAY FROM DAVIES.
YOUR TELNO.401 MEETING WITH DUDLEY SMITH M.P.
1. YOU ALREADY HAVE A COPY OF THE GOVERNOR'S BRIEF PROVIDED
BY THE D OF I UNDER COVER OF HIS LETTER IMM CR /1061 PT 6(15) OF THE 14 NOVEMBER ON WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO DRAW.
2. I AM ALSO SENDING YOU A COPY OF OUR BRIEF DATED THE 3 NOVEMBER
ON THE GREEN PAPER ON BRITISH NATIONALITY, IN WHICH WE PROPOSED THAT THE CUKC STATUS SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR HONG KONG, IN PARTICULAR,
AND ALL THE REMAINING DEPENDENCIES GENERALLY, RATHER THAN MAKE A CHANGE TO BO CITIZENSHIP.
3. YOU WILL BE AS UP-TO-DATE AS WE ARE REGARDING THE VIEWS OF
THE MAIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN U.K ON IMMIGRATION. WE STILL
INTEND TO MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE F.C.O ON THE U.K GREEN PAPER,
FOLLOWING THE LINES OF THE BRIEF REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2.
4. WE SUGGEST THAT YOUR LINE WITH DUDLEY SMITH SHOULD BE THAT
HONG KONG'S CONTRIBUTION TO IMMIGRATION INTO THE U.K IS SMALL
AND IS STRICTLY CONTROLLED BY THE EXISTING U.K LAWS, REGULATIONS
AND PROCEDURES. ACCORDINGLY THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A NEED
FOR FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON IMMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG. ANY
MOVE TO RATIONALISE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS BY WAY OF CHANGING
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY LAW, AS PROPOSED BY THE U.K GREEN PAPER,
WOULD NOT THEREFORE HAVE MUCH EFFECT, BUT IT WOULD IMPLY SOME CHANGE IN THE STATUS QUO, WHICH WE WANT TO AVOID.
MACLEHOSE
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