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without a close UK connection. The question of citizenship of by birth was the subject of proposed amendments to the British Citizenship Section of the Bill and if these were passed, consequential amendments would be put forward for the
Dependent Territories.
Hong Kong Memorandum
7. Mr Chan provided copies of the latest Hong Kong Memorandum on the Bill. It was agreed that this should be passed to the Home Office.
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European Common Passport
8.
Sir E Youde explained the pressures from our European partners for an early announcement on the future adoption of a common passport. However, this would not be introduced by the UK for some years. It would be open to the Dependent Territories to adopt a similar format (ie machine readable) if they so wished.
Distribution:
Sir E Youde
Mr Donald
Mr Adams
Mr Jones, NTD
Mr Clift, HKGD
Sir M MacLehose Mr D R Ford
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