00 HONG KONG DESKBY 220200Z
GRS 207
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 220200Z
FM FCO 211645Z APR 81
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
AKK 34011
RECEIVED IN AEGISTRY NO. 51
CONFIDENTIAL2 3 APR 1981
TELEGRAM NUMBER 392 OF 21 APRIL.
FOR GOVERNOR FROM CLIFT
YOUR TELNO 433: NATIONALITY BILL
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IN THE EXTRACT WHICH YOU QUOTE, MR LUCE WAS NOT SPEAKING
FROM A FORMAL TEXT. WHAT HE UNDOUBTEDLY MEANT WAS THAT FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE CITIZENSHIP TITLE OF PEOPLE FROM THE DEPENDENCIES
WOULD DIFFER FROM THAT OF PEOPLE IN THE UK AND THAT THE DEPENDENCIES WANTED TO ENSURE THAT ANY SUCH DIFFERENCE WAS AS
LIMITED AS POSSIBLE. THIS FORMED PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S CASE AGAINST SEPARATE CITIZENSHIPS AND MR LUCE
WAS STRESSING THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY OF THE DEPENDENCIES
AS A RESULT OF THE TITLE CHANGES WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED.
2. THIS IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS SAID IN FCO TELNO
290. THAT TELEGRAM WAS REFERRING TO A COMMON FEATURE THAT WOULD
STILL EXIST. (THE CONCEPT THAT PEOPLE REMAIN 'NATIONALS' OF THE
COUNTRY WHOSE GOVERNMENT HAS A PRIMA FACIE ENTITLEMENT TO
REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS IN DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS).
BUT THERE STILL NEED BE DIFFERENT CITIZENSHIP TITLES AND MR LUCE
WAS MERELY STATING THE FACT THAT THERE HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN
SUCH DIFFERENCES HAD NOT EXISTE4D BEFORE IN RESPECT OF THE UK AND
THE DEPENDENCIES.
3. WE WILL REPLY THIS WEEK TO YOUR TELNO 408. MEANWHILE I HOPE
THIS WILL SERVE TO EXPLAIN THE POSITION.
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HKGD
NTD
FED
SIR E YOUDE
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE, LONDON
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