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SURE THAT SIR S Y CHUNG WILL APPRECIATE THAT FOR THESE REASONS WE
COULD NOT COUNTENANCE SUCH AN AMENDMENT.
3.
MY 8 IFTS CONTAIN FINAL TEXTS OF WHITE PAPER INCLUDING
ANNEXES AND FURTHER COMMENTS ON WHICH AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN HONG KONG HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED OR REJECTED, WITH REASONS. WE WILL SEND
A CONFIRMATORY COPY OF TEXT BY BAG LEAVING HERE 5 OCTOBER.
4.
YOUR TELNO 2059. SEE PARA 1 ABOVE FOR TIMING ON
PUBLICATION. HOME OFFICE CONSIDER THAT THERE IS LITTLE
LIKELIHOOD OF PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE TAKING PLACE BEFORE BEGINNING
OF DECEMBER. IT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR THAT SUFFICIENT TIME MUST BE
GIVEN TO HONG KONG TO CONSIDER THE WHITE PAPER BEFORE THE DEBATE.
MID-DECEMBER THEREFORE IS STILL THE BEST ESTIMATE, ALTHOUGH OF
COURSE WE CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE COMMITMENT ON THIS TIMING.
HOWE
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/LR 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
MR MILLER, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE,
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
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