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FM FCO 111200Z SEPTEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1803 OF 11 SEP
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MIPT: FUTURE EGRET: WHITE PAPER
PASSAGE ON NATIONALITY IS AS FOLLOWS:
1. ANNEX ONE TO THE JOINT DECLARATION CONTAINS PROVISIONS ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, USE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND
ITS MAIN FEATURES ARE:- CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION TO THE SAR.
(A) IT DEFINES WHO WILL HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. BROADLY IT PROVIDES FOR ALL THOSE WHOSE PERMANENT HOMES ARE IN HONG KONG TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE
THERE.
(B)
IT STATES THAT THE SAR GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ITS OWN PASSPORTS AND OTHER TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
(C) IT STATES THAT RESIDENTS OF THE SAR WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL ON TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND BY THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.
(D) IT CONFIRMS THAT THE SAR GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION INTO THE SAR.
2.
QUESTIONS OF NATIONALITY ARE COVERED IN TWO MEMORANDA EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS AT THE SAME
THESE TIME AS THE INITIALLING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
MEMORANDA SET OUT EACH SIDE'S VIEW OF THE NATIONALITY POSITION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.
3. THE BRITISH MEMORANDUM PROVIDES FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO ON
30 JUNE 1997 ARE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG TO RETAIN AFTER THAT DATE A FORM
THIS FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY UNDER A MORE APPROPRIATE TITLE.
OF NATIONALITY WILL NOT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK, WHICH OF COURSE THEY DO NOT POSSESS AT PRESENT, BUT IT WILL
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