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GRS 120
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FM HONG KONG 0508552 FEB 85
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 129 OF 5 FEBRUARY
INFO FCO (FOR R. HOARE, HKD).
YOUR TELNC : HKG0/1341/LM137
HONG KONG BILL : EURASIANS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR HK SAR PASSPORT.
THERE IS NO ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF EURASIANS IN HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH THEIR NUMBER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE. WE WOULD CAUTION AGAINST AN UNQUALIFIED REFERENCE TO THE FIGURE OF 6,000 NON-CHINESE BDTCS AS REPRESENTING THE NUMBER OF EURAS HONS. THE MAJORITY OF THE 6,000 NON-CHINESE BDTCS QUOTED ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ETHNIC AND HANS. 2. WE AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED REPLY IN PARA, 3 OF YOUR TUR.
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HIGO LONDON,