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FM HONG KONG 211026Z APR 81
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 433 OF 21 APRIL
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
NATIONALITY BILL
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of 23.4
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PRESS REPORTS OF MR LUCE'S SPEECH IN COMMITTEE UMELCO ATTENTION, TEXT NOW RECEIVED AND CIRCULATED. IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE (PAGE 1171): ''THE BILL WILL MEAN THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE DEPENDENCIES' NATIONALITY DESCRIPTION WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UK ................... THEY WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANY SEPARATION IN NATIONALITY TERMS IS AS LIMITED
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2. YOUR TELNO 296 PARA 1 STATED: ''IT IS CORRECT TO SAY THAT CBDTS WILL REMAIN BRITISH (OR UK) NATIONALS AS WILL FOR EXAMPLE BRITISH CITIZENS AND OTHER CATEGORIES' FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 2 OF SAME TELEGRAM READS: ''IN THE SENSE OF BEING NATIONALS THE POSITION OF CBDTS IS NOT ALTERED BY THE BILL''.
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3. NOTE THAT MR LUCE COMMENTED THAT THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE AND EMOTIONAL ISSUE. TOO RIGHT. PLEASE RECONCILE THESE TWO DIFFERING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EFFECT OF THE BILL ON NATIONALITY FOR HONG KONG CBDTS.
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(WP) must mean 386 in auswer to HK 408 408 HOW BUSY YOU ARE BUT ONLY AN STOP A LOT OF TROUBLE DEVELOPING
4. I REALISE FROM YOUR TELNO IMMEDIATE ANSWER IS GOING TO HERE. GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO.
HONG KONNG.
5. I AM BEGINNING TO REALISE JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS QUESTION OF A NATIONALITY NAME IS TURNING OUT TO BE FOR PEOPLE IN
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED
HK&GD
NTD
SIR E YOUDE
MR DONALD MR ADAMS
COPIES TO:-
HONG KONG GOVE. OFFICE LONDON.
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