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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
(TG1AIF)
CONFIDEN TIAL AND PERSONAL
15 January 1986
Sir P Cradock
No 10 Downing Street
Dear Percy.
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 5 JAN 1986
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REGISTRY Action Taken
HONG KONG NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
1.
You asked for a brief update on the difficulties with
Hong Kong over the nationality Order in Council, give the possibility that Hong Kong Unofficials might ask for a meeting with the Prime Minister at short notice. I think we face serious problems on this, and am enclosing
clutch of Our latest exchanges with Hong Kong.
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2.
The Order in Council
is being taken by Home Office Ministers. It will be debated "with green edges"
green edges" in the House of Common s on 16 January and in the House of Lords in the following week. It will then be withdrawn, and we and the Home Office will consider the comments made the draft in Hong K on g
and Parliament before it is resubmitted for debate in the usual way under affirmative resolution procedures, probably in March.
3.
and
A
on
was agreed in detail the Executive Council number of Unofficials
in the LEGCO debate
in
The draft Order in Council with the Hong Kong Government before publication in October.
took a critical line however December and support has since snowballed. Their demand S as set out in the attached letter from Lydia Dunn now have the unanimous support of EXCO, LEGCO and the Hong Kong Government. In essence these are:
a)
b)
that HMG should do all that it can to ensure that BN (0)
passports are acceptable to third countries;
that
in
an endorsement
the holder
has
that HMG should agree to en ter BN (0) passports stating permission to visit the UK without having to get a visa or entry certificate;
c)
that HMG should to non-Chinese
agree BD TC
to grant British
and to
British citizenship s om e 400 former
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