CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 040/4.
.....
30JAN 1986
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 320
OF 3OO94OZ JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
ستا
To
COPY
MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY
AS IT HAPPENED, A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE NCNA RECENTLY PUT TO AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINA ISSUING PRC PASSPORTS TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS BEFORE 1997 AS ONE WAY OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF COIS. IN REPLY THE AD OF IMM POINTED OUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE NEED TO ISSUE TO THOSE WHO OBTAINED PRC PASPORTS OUTSIDE HONG KONG ENTRY VISAS TO HONG KONG AND RIGHT TO LAND/ UNCONDITIONAL STAY ENDORSEMENTS TO THOSE WHO OBTAINED THEM IN HONG KONG: AND THE POSSIBLITY OF CAUSING PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDING THAT CHINA WOULD NOT BE ISSUING SAR PASSPORTS AFTER 1997. THE NCNA REPRESENTATIVE TOOK OUR POINTS AND STRESSED THE INFORMAL NATURE OF HIS SUGGESTION. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THESE VIEWS HAD BEEN REFLECTED TO LU PING.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
CONTIDENTIAL
209