}
GRS 300
CONFIDENTIAL
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27 AUC 1985
HY
Action Taken
34.7
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FOO
TELNO 1715
OF 231005Z AUGUST 35
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.
See too
346 т 348
TEXT OF LETTER FROM MR H.N. HARILELA, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL OF
HONG KONG INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS.
BEGINS.
DEAR SIR DAVID,
↑
WE WISH TO REFER TO A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN TODAY'S
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST UNDER THE TITLE PEOPLE TO GET SAY ON
BDTC STATUS SWITCH'.
AS YOU ARE MOST PROBABLY AWARE, THE COUNCIL OF HK INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS
IS STILL VERY CONCERNED OVER THE FUTURE NATIONALITY STATUS OF INDIAN
AND OTHER NON-CHINESE BDTCS. WE ARE THEREFORE WRITING TO YOU TO FIND
OUT WHETHER ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE MADE TO THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL
DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF CONSULTATION, THAT IS BETWEEN THE TIME
IT IS FIRST PUBLISHED AND THE TIME IT IS FINALLY PRESENTED TO
PARLIAMENT. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE ORDER WILL BE
PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT IN A DRAFT FORM, OR AS A FINAL VERSION: IF THE LATTER IS THE CASE, CAN THE ORDER BE AMENDED AS A RESULT OF THE
DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT?
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WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED THAT ONCE THE ORDER HAS BEEN LAID
BEFORE PARLIAMENT, NO AMENDMENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE, AND THE ONLY
OTHER OPTION AVAILABLE WOULD BE TO REJECT IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE ARE WRITING TO YOU TO SEEK CLARIF-
ICATION ON THIS VITAL MATTER. CONFIDENTIAL
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