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CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 250907Z JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 167 OF 25 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HONG KONG BILL : TITLE OF NEW FORM OF NATIONALITY
1. PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL HAS AT OUR REQUEST DRAFTED THE FOLLOWIN
-G AMENDMENT TO PARA 2(1)(B) OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE HONG KONG
BILL IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THE TITLE OF THE NEW FORM OF
NATIONALITY INTO THE BILL: TO OMIT 'SUCH NEW FORM OF BRITISH
NATIONALITY AS IS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER' FROM THIS SUB-PARA
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AND REPLACE IT WITH 'A NEW FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY THE HOLDERS
OF WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)'. YOU
SHOULD NOTE THAT ALL THREE WORDS IN THE NEW TITLE HAVE INITIAL
CAPITAL LETTERS.
2. WE HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHEN OR WHETHER TO INTRODUCE THIS
AMENDMENT. HOWEVER GIVEN THE DELAY IN THE TIMING OF THE
COMMITTEE STAGE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, THERE IS LIKELY TO BE
PRESSURE IN PARLIAMENT TO INTRODUCE IT THEN RATHER THAN IN THE
HOUSE OF LORDS. THE GOVERNOR DISCUSSED THIS ON 23 JANUARY WITH
MR LUCE AND AGREED TO SEND A ROUND UP OF HONG KONG REACTIONS TO
THE NEW TITLE NEXT WEEK, TOGETHER WITH A VIEW AS TO WHETHER
INTRODUCTION OF THE AMENDMENT IN THE COMMITTEE STAGE IN THE
COMMONS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN HONG KONG.
3.
MEANWHILE WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REACTIONS AT
OFFICIAL LEVEL TO THE DRAFT AMENDMENT.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE ER DR C CHRISTOPHER, CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST MR EMERY, 34 H:O CROYDON (2)
MR MYDE HOME OFFICE
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