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FM HONG KONG 140455Z MAR 81
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGAM NUMMBER 283 OF 14 MARCH
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
YOUR TELNO 241: EC COMMON FORMAT PASSPORTS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ADVISE DETAILS OF EC COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT AND
HOW THIS WILL DIFFER FROM THE EXISTING BRITISH PASSPORT.
2. HAVING RECENTLY ADVISED THAT THE PROPOSED CBDT PASSPORT WILL
AS NEARLY SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING CUKC PASSPORT AS POSSIBLE THERE IS LIKELY TO BE INEVITABLE CONFUSION HERE. OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT
ABOUT THE EC COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT.
CATER
LIMITED
HK&GD
ECD(I)
NTD
SED
WIAD
S AM D
MCD
PS
PS/LPS
PS/MR RIDLEY
PS/MR BLAKER
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR E YOUDE
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
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