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FM HONG KONG 080931Z JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 55 OF 8 JANUARY
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-YOUR TELNO 35: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NEW NATIONALITY TITLE.
DUE TO PRESSURE OF OTHER BUSINESS, THE QUESTION OF THE NEW NATIONALITY TITLE WAS NOT REACHED IN EXCO TODAY. THE COUNCIL WILL RESUME TOMORROW, 9 JANUARY.
2. YOUR PARA 2. THE REASON FOR SUGGESTING THE REFERENCE ON PAGE 1 OF THE NEW PASSPORT TO THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT ON PAGE 5 IS TO DISTINGUISH THE NEW-STYLE PASSPORT CLEARLY FROM BOC PASSPORTS, SO AS TO UNDERLINE THE FACT THAT HOLDERS OF THE NEW-STYLE PASSPORTS DO HAVE A RIGHT OF ABODE SOMEWHERE. WE BELIEVE THAT, IF SOMETHING AS CLOSE TO BOC AS BRITISH OVERSEAS NATIONAL WERE ADOPTED AS THE TITLE, EXCO (AND HONG KONG BDTC'S GENERALLY) WOULD ATTACH CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE TO THESE POINTS.
3. THE PROBLEM OF THE REFERENCE TO THE IDENTITY CARD WILL, OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE RESOLVED WHATEVER NEW TITLE IS ADOPTED, GIVEN THAT THE INITIAL ISSUE OF NEW-STYLE PASSPORTS MUST BE COMPLETED BY 30 JUNE 1997 BEFORE THE SAR COMES INTO EXISTENCE. THIS CAN, AS YOU SAY, BE CONSIDERED LATER.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
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RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
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SIR W HARDING
SIR J FREELAND
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
ER WILSON
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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