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FM FCO 061845Z FEB 81
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELEGRAM NO 54 OF 6 FEB
INFO HONG KONG (PERSONALY FOR GOVERNOR)
FCO TELNO 112 TO HONG KONG: NEW NATIONALITY LEGISLATION 1. THE BACKGROUND IS AS FOLLOWS. UNOFFICIALS AND OTHERS IN HONG KONG REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE, PROPOSED NATIONALITY BILL. SPECIFICALLY THEY AND SENIOR LOCALLY-ENGAGED CIVIL SERVANTS OBJECT TO PARAGRAPH 1(3) OF SCHEDULE 1. AS DRAFTED THIS MAKES CROWN SERVANTS WORKING ABROAD ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR NATURALISATION AS BRITISH CITIZENS BUT CONFINES THIS TO OFFICERS 'UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'. THIS EXCLUSION OF LOCALLY-ENGAGED EMPLOYEES OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES' GOVERNMENTS HAS FOCUSSED ATTENTION ON THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG (BOTH OFFICIALS AND UNOFFICIALS) WHO HAVE SERVED THE BRITISH AND COULD BE AT RISK IF THE TERRITORY
WERE REABSORED BY CHINA.
2. TWO SENIOR UNOFFICIALS VISITED LONDON THIS WEEK TO PUT TO LORD CARRINGTON AND MR WHITELAW THEIR GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THE
BILL AND THE PARTICULAR POINT ABOVE.
CARRINGTON
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