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STATUS IN ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN IN THE UK. CURRENTLY
FOR BOCS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG YOU STAMP SUCH PASSPORTS WITH AN APPROPRIATE RIGHT TO LAND ENDORSEMENT (YOUR TELNO 1674). AFTER 1997 ONLY THOSE WHOM THE CHINESE WILL NOT REGARD AS CHINESE NATIONALS (EG THE INDIANS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS) WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME BOCS. FOR THIS REASON WE WOULD NOT EXPECT THE SAR GOVERNMENT TO BE OPPOSED TO STAMPING A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN THEIR PASSPORTS. AT SOME POINT HOWEVER IT MIGHT BE WISE TO
CONFIRM THIS WITH THE CHINESE. CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY.
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(OUR TELNO 998.) WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PREPARE A PAPER ON CIS AND SAR PASSPORTS IN DUE COURSE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THE CHINESE, PROBABLY IN THE JLG, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. MINOR PROBLEM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN THIS RESPECT IS THAT THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF CI HOLDERS ABROAD ON 1 JULY 1997, SOME OF THEM IN PRISON. THE PRC WILL NEED TO ASSUME CONSULAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE PEOPLE ON THAT
DATE.
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER,
LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
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PS/MR RENTON
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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