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WE ASK THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL LIAISE CLOSELY WITH THE UMELCO AD HOC GROUP ON THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS IN LONDON, AND THAT IT WILL REPORT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT VISHT, AS WELL AS THE FORM OF WORDING IN THE PASSPORT ENDORSEMENT WHEN THAT IS DECIDED.
SIR, SINCE WE MOVED OUR MOTION ON 8TH JANUARY, MANY DISTRICT BOARDS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE VOICED THEIR SUPPORT. THE COMMUNITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY UNITED ON THE PRINCIPLES AND THE MORAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER. SPEAKERS IN THE RECENT DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS GRASPED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FACT LOPD AVEBURY POINTED OUT THAT THE FORCEFUL AND UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION OF THIS COUNCIL CONSTITUTED THE ONLY POSSIBLE MEANS BY WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ARE ABLE TO GAUGE THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE. AND YOUR PREDECESSOR, SIR, LORD MACLEHOSE COULD NOT RECALL AN OCCASION ON WHICH THERE HAD BEEN SUCH UNANIMITY AND SUCH FORCE BEHIND A REQUEST BY THIS COUNCIL TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
SO THE DEPTH OF OUR FEELINGS ON THIS SUBJECT HAS BEEN RECOGNISED IN WESTMINSTER. OUR DEMANDS HAVE BEEN LODGED, WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. WE AWAIT THEIR DECISION.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
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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
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