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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, GIBRALTAR.
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OUR TELNO 1630: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER IN
COUNCIL.
WE NOTE FROM THE SECOND DECLARATION ON THE MEANING OF A UK NATIONAL FOR EEC PURPOSES MADE BY UKG FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE BNA 1981, THE TERM 'NATIONALS' FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE TREATIES INCLUDES BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS WHO ACQUIRE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FROM A CONNECTION WITH GIBRALTAR. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY LIGHT YOU CAN THROW ON WHETHER A CHILD BORN IN GIBRALTAR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 TO PARENTS SETTLED IN HONG KONG, 1.E. CHILDREN WHO COME WITHIN ARTICLE 2(1)(D) OF THE DRAFT ORDER, WOULD BE REGARDED AS 'BDTCS WHO ACQUIRE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FROM A CONNECTION WITH GIBRALTAR' AND HENCE QUALIFY AS UK NATIONALS FOR EEC PURPOSES, DESKBY 20010OZ.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY.
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HD/HKD HD/FED HD/NTD
RESEARCH DEPT.(MR WALKER)
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PS/MR LUCE
PS/LADY YOUNG
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SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT.
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME
OFFICE.
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE,
Mr Miller, MVD
CROYDON.
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