ADVANCE COPIES
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
DR WILSON
HD/ HKD
HD/ FED
RESIDENT CLERK
SIR P CRADOCK
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM PEKING 0908152 NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2732 OF 9/11/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY TELNO 2725: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: WU XUEQIAN'S REPORT TO THE
NPC STANDING COMMITTEE
1. THERE WAS AN ERROR IN TRANSMISSION IN SECTION 2, SUB-SECTION (IN) OF OUR TRANSLATION OF WU'S REPORT. THE SUB-SECTION SHOULD
HAVE BEGUN:
**(-bril) AMONG THE CHINESE INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HOLD THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY
CITIZENS PASSPORT''//BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM STILL
CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE CHINESE, AND THE MOTHERLAND HAS CONSISTENTLY TREATED THOSE HONG KONG COMPATRIOTS WHO HOLD **BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENS PASSPORTS' AS CHINESE CITIZENS THEY HAVE HELD BRITISH PASSPORTS PRINCIPALLY
//THEY
2. ERROR REGRETTED.
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EVANS
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