3
GRS 140
CONFIDENT PAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1658
OF 30084OZ MAY 86
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YOUR TELNO 1010: OATH OF ALLEGIANCE: EXCO
WE TOO HAVE RECOGNIZED THE POSSIBILITY OF DUPLICATION, BUT IT SEEMS TO US THAT SUCH AN OVERLAP ALREADY EXISTS, AT LEAST IMPLICITLY, BETWEEN THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE OATH OF FIDELITY. MOREOVER WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OATH WHICH DID NOT DIFFER TOO RADICALLY FROM THAT PROVIDED LAST YEAR FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCHL AND WHICH COULD STAND AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. THE BEST TIME TO REMOVE ANY OVERLAP MAY BE IN THE CONTEXT OF A REVIEW OF THE OATH OF FIDELITY ITSELF WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE MADE SOONER OR LATER.
2. ON THIS BASIS WE INTEND TO CONSULT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON THE
NEW OATH ON 3 JUNE. 4F NECESSARY WE WILL DELAY SUBSEQUENT
PUBLICATION OF THE BILL IN THE GAZETTE UNTIL ROYAL APPROVAL HAS
BEEN OBTAINED.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
HKK 011/15
RECEIVED
IRY
- 5 JUN 1986
DE
INDE
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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Taken
A58:576.
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