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minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

FROM: Mr F H Brown

DEPARTMENT:

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TO: Mr White

Mr Rifkind

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TYPE: Draft/Final 1+

Reference

TEL. NO:

213.5159

Your Reference

PS/Lord Belstead

to

Mr Donald HKGD

BY HONG KONG

ALL

. AS 'BRITISH

SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO DESCRIBE BRITISH DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES CITIZENS . ... NATIONALS' IN PASSPORTS

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PROBLEM

1.

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To react to the Home Office's reply to our proposal

that BDTCS connected with Hong-Kong should be

described as 'British nationals' in their passports.

RECOMMENDATION

2.

I recommend:

a.

D.

c.

A meeting should be arranged between the

Secretary of State and the Home Secretary;

TheSecretary of State should press the Hong

Kong case and seek a favourable decision in

time for the PM's visit to Hong Kong;

Lord Belstead should inform the HK Unofficial

Councillors on 7 September that the matter is

still under consideration.

HKGD and Legal Advisers concur.

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