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OCMIAN 8177
CONFIDENTIAL
PP HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
16150OZ JAN
GRS 115
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 109
OF 16150OZ JANUARY 86
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK
040/4
20 JAN D86
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
WIGLEY
1.
NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: PQ BY DAFYDD
THE FOLLOWING PQ HAS BEEN PUT DOWN BY MR DAFYDD WIGLEY
FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 20 JANUARY.
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT IS HIS ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO WILL BECOME STATELESS DURING THE TRANSFER OF
SOVEREIGNTY OF HONG KONG.'
2.
WE WILL BE GIVING THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
'NONE. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY UNDERTAKEN THAT NO
FORMER HONG KONG BDTCS WILL BECOME STATELESS AS A RESULT OF THE
SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG.'
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO :
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
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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