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HONG KONG ATTITUDE TO NEW NATIONALITY LEGISLATION
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At his meeting on 2 February with Sir S Y Chung and
Mr O V Cheung, the Secretary of State said that he would write
to the Home Secretary about Hong Kong's concerns over the new
nationality legislation (record attached)39A
I submit a draft.
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This concentrates on the idea of a
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change to the Bill. I am sure it is right to put this to the
Home Secretary on its own at this stage, since Sir M MacLehose
places importance on a solution on these lines. It will, however,
be difficult to convince the Home Office of the need for changes
in legislation. In official discussions we may therefore have
to consider the alternative of a declaration which would reassure
public servants in Hong Kong that they would be looked after.
NTD and Mr Adams agree.
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In anticipation of the Home Secretary's agreement to official
talks on the subject, I suggest that you should hold a meeting,
at which Mr Adams and Mr Rushford, as well as NTD and HKGD, could
discuss the line to take. I will minute separately suggesting
options for discussion.
3 February 1981
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Sir E Youde
Mr Adams
Mr Jones, NTD
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Hong Kong and General Department
Mr Rushford, Legal Advisers
I discussed this fully with
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