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PASSPORT FORMAT AND PASSPORTS FOR BN (0)S
Mr Hyde's letter to you of 24 September covers two
main issues:
(i)
(ii)
the format of passports to be issued to persons
who are not 'UK nationals for European
Community purposes' when the Common Format
Passport (CFP) replaces the present hard-back
blue document; and
the arrangements to be made for the issue of
passports in Hong Kong between 1987 and 1997
to those British Dependent Territories citizens
(BDTCS) connected with the territory who chose
to apply for the status of British National
(Overseas) (BNO). The two issues are related,
since BN(0)s will be among the categories of
those who are not 'UK nationals for EC
purposes'
2. The format of the CFP itself must follow the guide-
lines agreed by Community Member governments.
Those
governments have also agreed that Member States may issue
a similar type of passport to those of their nationals who are not eligible for CFPs. In our case, these will be