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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, GIBRALTAR.
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OUR TELNO 1646 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.
NOW THAT PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER IS IN SIGHT. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE COME UP WITH AN ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION IN TUR. ONCE THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME LAWYERS WOULD ASK HOW 'BDTCS WHO ACQUIRE THEIR CITIZENSHIP FROM A CONNECTION WITH GIBRALTAR FOR EC PURPOSES ARE DEFINED: AND WHETHER CHILDREN BORN IN GIBRALTAR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983
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TO HONG KONG PARENTS WOULD BECOME BDTCS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH GIBRALTAR AND HENCE BECOME ENTITLED TO REGISTER AS BCS UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE BNA 1981.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
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PS/MR RENTON
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/PUS
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR KILLER, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF. NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE.
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
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