OCMIAN 5403
CONFIDENTIAL
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
081630Z OCT
GRS 310
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1515
OF 081630Z OCTOBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
AKK Oko/4
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 1 1 OCT 1985
DESK OFFICER,
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YOUR TELNO 2051 AND PEKING TELNO 1393: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
JOINT LIAISON GROUP: STATELESSNESS
1.
YOUR PARA 1A(I) AND (II) AGREED.
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2.
'THERE'.
3.
YOUR PARA 1A(III). 'IN THE HONG KONG SAR' SHOULD REPLACE
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YOUR PARA 1(B) AND PEKING TUR. THE WORD 'DRAFT' WAS
OMITTED FROM FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 3 OF PAPER. ON FURTHER
REFLECTION, 'LEGISLATION' MIGHT BETTER READ 'ORDER IN COUNCIL'.
SENTENCE SHOULD THEREFORE READ '...AGREED DURING THE
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES TO DRAFT THE ORDER IN COUNCIL
WOULD PREFER THIS WORDING IF YOU HAVE NO STRONG OBJECTION.
4.
HOME OFFICE HAVE CONSIDERED YOUR AMENDMENT TO SECOND
SENTENCE OF PARA 3 AND HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY WOULD PREFER NOT
TO CONFINE THIS (THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINESE NATIONALITY) JUST TO
STATELESS PERSONS AND WOULD RATHER TIE IT MORE GENERALLY TO
FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE FOLLOWING NEW SECOND SENTENCE HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED 'THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FURTHER SAID THAT THEY BELIEVED
THAT THE RIGHT COURSE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS WHO WERE PERMANENTLY
SETTLED IN THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD BE FOR THEM TO SEEK TO ACQUIRE
CHINESE RATHER THAN BRITISH NATIONALITY'.
5.
YOUR AMENDMENT TO PARA 5 AGREED.
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