GRS 200
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FM HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING.
YOUR TELNO 1555-7 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.
A DRAFT PRESS RELEASE BASED LARGELY ON THE HOME OFFICE VERSION AND INCORPORATING THE FINAL TEXT OF THE APPROVED EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ISSUED HERE AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION.
2. IN ORDER NOT TO GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT THE DRAFT ORDER WILL IMPLEMENT THE CHINESE PROVISIONS ON NATIONALITY, WE HAVE CHANGED THE REFERENCES IN PARA 1 AND 3 OF YOUR PRESS NOTICE TO **THE UK MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION'' WHENEVER THIS IS MENTIONED. GRATEFUL IF THE HOME OFFICE VERSION COULD ADOPT A SIMILAR LINE.
3. THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BRIEF IS ALSO REVISED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES. TEXTS OF THE PRESS RELEASE AND BRIEF WILL FOLLOW SEPARATELY.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/R RENTON
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MF MILLER, KVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF. NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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