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CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO
OF 18180OZ SEPTEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
[NR7 ADJ]
MIPT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: PASSPORTS
IMMEDIATE
Following is an explanation of arrangements to issue BN (0)
passports.
Begins. AN EXPLANATION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF BN (0)
PASSPORTS
Responsibility for Issue
1.
Opensquare brackets. BN (0) passports will be issued in Hong Kong by the Governor acting as agent of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary. Close square brackets. It will be possible to apply also for passports from Passport Offices in the United Kingdom and from consular posts overseas.
2. The Governor will continue to be responsible for the issue of
BDTC
passports.
3. The fact that BN (0) passports are issued in the name of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary rather than that of the Governor will enable the passport to be issued in the same form
after 1 July 1997 as before.
Passport Format
HKD
JN POWELL
4.
The
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