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CONFIDENTIAL
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 15120OZ FCO
TELNO 2173
OF 15094OZ OCTOBER 85
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YOUR TELNO 1556: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN
COUNCIL
THE FIGURE QUOTED IN PARA 8 OF THE PRESS NOTICE DOES NOT TALLY
WITH THOSE MENTIONED IN PARA 10 OF THE WHITE PAPER. OF THE THREE
AND A QUARTER MILLION BDTCS IN HONG KONG, ABOUT 3.19 MILLION ARE
BDTCS BY BIRTH, AND ABOUT 53,000 ARE PDTCS BY REGISTRATION OR
NATURALISATION. IT THEREFORE WORKS OUT THAT THE REMAINING
CATEGORIES AMOUNT TO A MERE 7,000 ONLY AND NOT 50,000 MENTIONED
IN THE PRESS NOTICE. NEVERTHELESS, WE PREFER TO SAY THAT ALL
BUT A FEW THOUSAND OF THE ROUGHLY THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION
BDTCS IN HONG KONG ARE BDTCS BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR
REGISTRATION''.
2. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
IS ACCEPTABLE BY 1609OOZ
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
LR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
IR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MILLER, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF. NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HO OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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