Mr Partridge, NTD
Mr Cambridge, MVD
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FROM: A C Galsworthy, HKD
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DATE: 14 March 1985
Cc: Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers
Mr Grainger, Legal Advisers
HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)
(BNO) PASSPORTS
the
1.
During the Parliamentary debates on Hong Kong which have taken
place over the last few months, Ministers have said that HMG will do
all that they can to ensure the international acceptability of
new BN (0) passports for which those, who 30 June 1997 are BDTCs
connection a
with Hong Kong, may
be
eligible.
by
virtue of
governments
on
of the
Ministers have also said that the time to approach overseas
in this context will be
between the passing
nationality Order in Council (probably in the second half of 1985) and the issuing of the new BN (0) passport (probably in 1987).
2.
to ensure
to
secure
could
I should be grateful for your views as to how we
best aim
third country recognition of the new BN(0) passports and
for holders of the BN (0)
the passports
other countries which BDTC passport holders currently enjoy.
3.
same
access
to
follow closely the arrangements
we
made
I imagine that we could to explain the new categories of nationality created by the BNA (81)
to
overseas governments.
I
think
that this entailed
asking our
overseas posts to transmit Third Person Notes explaining the changes sure that missions
to
host
governments
•
Concurrently
their
in London were au fait with these changes.
we made
4.
There
Agreements.
is
A s
also
the
question particular
of Visa
Abolition
our way to draw
I understand it, we have not previously gone the particular attention of governments with whom
out
of
we
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