DSR 11 (Revised)
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Mr Barrington
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MP W Hyde, Esq
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SUBJECT:
PASSPORT FORMAT
You wrote to me on 24 September about the
related questions of the format of passports and the issue
of passports to BN (0)s in Hong Kong.
On the first point I confirm that the second para-
graph of your letter accurately reflects the outcome of
discussions between HO and FCO officials regarding the
proposed format of passports to be issued to British.
nationals who will not qualify for the common format
passport (CFP) because they are not''United Kingdom
nationals for European Community purposes'. We shall
be submitting now to our Ministers to let them know what
is being proposed.
As regards the arrangements for the issue of passport
to BN(O)s in Hong Kong between 1 July 1987, when the new
national status is introduced, and 1 July 1997, when the
issue of passports will fall to British consular officers
I confirm that our Legal Advisers see no legal or
constitutional difficulty in the Foreign Secretary
authorising the Governor of Hong Kong to act on his behal:
in this respect. I am afraid we are not yet in a
position to submit to our Ministers on this whole issue as
the financial aspects cannot yet be finalised.
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