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MORE THAN ONE DEPENDENT TERRITORY) WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM
LOSS OF BDTC STATUS. THE DRAFT ORDER SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THIS IN
PARA 2(1) BY DEFINING THOSE AFFECTED AS BDTCS BY VIRTUE BEGIN
UNDERLINING ONLY END UNDERLINING OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH GIVE RISE
TO THE STATUS OF HONG KONG BELONGER. BY WORDING THE PARAGRAPH IN
THIS WAY, NO SEPARATE 'EXCEPTION TO LOSS' CLAUSE IS REQUIRED. 6. THE HOME OFFICE ARE VERY ANXIOUS, IF POSSIBLE, TO ADHERE TO
THEIR PROPOSAL FOR DEFINITION BY REFERENCE TO HONG KONG BELONGER
STATUS. THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD RECONSIDER THIS
PROPOSE IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR COMMENTS AND OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE
DRAFT ORDER.
7. WE SHALL BE CONSULTING FCO LEGAL ADVISERS ON THE POINTS ABOVE
AND SHALL PASS ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY HAVE EARLY NEXT WEEK,
TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMENTS ON TURS.
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 HARDING
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 MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST
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