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FM HONG KONG 26104OZ AUG 82
TO IMMEIDATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 940 OF 26 AUGUST
PERSONAL FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 645
THE FOLLOWING ARE OUR COMMENTS ON ANNEX D:
•HKK 040/3.
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PARAGRAPH 3: AFTER QUOTE COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES UNQUOTE INSERT QUOTE WERE NOT BORN OR NATURALISED IN HONG KONG
UNQUOTE
PARAGRAPH 6 (SECOND SENTENCE): ADD THE WORD QUOTE PASSPORTS UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE VISAS UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH 7(A): INSERT AFTER THE WORD QUOTE TRAVEL UNQUOTE
THE WORDS QUOTE 150 A DAY UNQUOTE IN BRACKETS.
PARAGRAPH 9(3): IN THE LAST SENTENCE SUBSTITUTE THE WORD QUOTE WOULD UNQUOTE FOR QUOTE IS LIKELY TO UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH 9(5): OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ANY (REPEAT ANY) PERSON BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1949 WAS A BRITISH SUBJECT.
PARAGRAPH 11: THE USE OF THE PHRASE QUOTE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP FOR PEOPLE IN HONG KONG UNQUOTE SEEMS TO BE ERRONEOUS OR MISLEADING. AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 THOSE MOST CONCERNED WILL BE BDTC'S. IT WOULD BE THE REMOVAL OF THIS NOMENCLATURE WHICH WOULD HARM CONFIDENCE AND CAUSE AN EXODUS.
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