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FROM PEKING 010908Z FEB 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 138 OF 1/2/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MIPT: HONG KONG BILL.
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NATIONALITY/PASSPORTS
HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON HONG KONG TEL NO
-260 TO YOU:
(A) A1: WOULD NOT THE BENEFITS/RIGHTS CONFERRED BY BN (0) DIFFER TECHNICALLY FROM BDTC STATUS ALSO OVER THE RIGHT OF
ABODE?? AS MADE CLEAR BY A2, BDTC STATUS CARRIES THE RIGHT OF ABODE HN A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY . BN(0) WILL NOT. IN THEREFORE WONDER IF, TO AVOID A CHARGE THAT A1 HS NOT QUITE THE WHOLE TRUTH A1 AND A2 SHOULD NOT BE COMPRESSED INTO ONE ANSWER ALNONG THE
FOLLOWING LINES:
'1. RIGHTS OF BN(0) S/RIGHT OF ABODE.
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A. THE SAME AS BDTC EXCEPT FOR TRANSMISABILITY AND THE RIGHT OF ABODE. SPECIFICALLY. BN(0) S ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BRITISH PASSPORTS, TO TRAVEL ON THEM AND TO RECEIVE BRITISH CONSULAR PROTECTION IN THIRD COUNTRIES. ALSO ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS UNDER SECTION 4 OF BNA 1981, SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS BEING MET. AS HONG KONG WILL CEASE TO BE A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY FROM 1 JULY 1997, THE RIGHT OF ABODE MIN HONG KONG AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE FOR HMG TO PRESCRIBE. HOWEVER CLEAR AND SPECIFIC PROVISIONS INCLUDED IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX # TO THE JOINT DECLARATION WHICH, AS THE JOINT DECLARATION MAKES CLEAR, WILL BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW.
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