GRS 150
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2633
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OF 2604O5Z NOVEMBER 85
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YOUR TELNO 1842 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL : PUBLIC OPINION IN HONG KONG.
WE CONFIRM WE WILL SEND YOU A TELEGRAPHIC REPORT ON THE
LEGCO DEBATE.
2. WE WILL ALSO SEND YOU A SEPARATE REPORT COVERING ALL OTHER EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION HERE PRIOR TO THE FIRST DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT. IN THIS CONNECTION, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY ADVICE WHEN FIRST DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE, WHETHER BEFORE OR AFTER CHRISTMAS (THE LATTER TIMING WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE PRESS).
3. THE LEGCO DEBATE SCHEDULED ON 4 DECEMBER WILL TAKE THE FORM OF AN ADJOURMENT DEBATE. TO DATE, NINE MEMBERS INCLUDING JOHN SWAINE, CONVENOR OF THE AD HOC GROUP ON THE WHITE PAPER, HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK IN THE DEBATE.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR 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 D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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