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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2451
OF O9O4OOZ NOVEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY SEOUL
PARA 3 OF FCO TELNO 1636 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT ACCEPTABILITY OF BN (0) PASSPORT
: RESTRICTED :
: KOREA.
1. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DISCUSSED WITH THE KOREAN DEPUTY CONSUL- GENERAL AND HIS ASSISTANT YESTERDAY THE NEW BN(0) PASSPORT. IN RESPONSE TO THEIR ENQUIRIES, HE CONFIRMED THAT BN (0)S WOULD ENJOY THE SAME BRITISH CONSULAR PORTECTION IN THIRD COUNTRIES BEFORE AND AFTER 1997 AS THAT ACCORDED TO BDTCS NOW. ON THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE PASSPORT AND ON CONTINUING VISA ABOLITION ARRANGEMENTS WITH KOREA, THE DEPUTY CONSUL-GENERAL'S RESPONSE WAS CAUTIOUS BUT NOT DISCOURAGING. HE SAID THAT THE SUBJECT WAS A COMPLICATED ONE WHICH CALLED FOR MORE DETAILED STUDY BUT HE UNDERTOOK TO REPORT BACK ANY RESPONSES FROM SEOUL.
2. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY STRESSED THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE INFORMAL AND HMG WOULD MAKE FORMAL APPROACH TO THIRD COUNTRIES AFTER THE ORDER IN COUNCIL HAD BEEN ENACTED, PROBABLY BY MID-1986.
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1 1 NOV 1985
OFFICER
TRY
Action Taken
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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