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SUBJECT:
NATIONALITY BILL: HONG KONG
BRIEFING MATERIAL FOR THE GOVERNOR
1.
In view of all the consideration that has been
given to Hong Kong points and the efforts made to
meet them it has been particularly galling for
Ministers to face the charge that the Bill is 'yet
another dirty trick played on Hong Kong' (your tel
No. 443) and that somehow Hong Kong is being sold
"own nationality down
Or that the Unofficials an that of the people they represent [is] at risk"
epresent [is] at risk” (yono tal 494).
2.
The following are the facts:
(i) At every stage (before and after issue of
White Paper and before and after issue of Bill)
consultations with Hong Kong has been much more
intensive than with any other interested party.
Hong Kong leaders have seen Lord Carrington,
Mr Whitelaw and Mr Raison, etc.
(ii) Strong representations from Hong Kong about
the two category proposal in the Labour Government's Green Paper played a major part in the creation of the separate citizenship for
the dependencies to mark their continuing close
connections with the UK.
(iii) CBDT status has been defended vigorously by
Ministers in the House as proper for all the
dependencies against strong Parliamentary
criticism that it was only to placate Hong Kong
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