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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 232
CONFIDENTIAL
OF 22024OZ JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 133: PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON WHITE PAPER ON
NATIONALITY.
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WE WILL ADOPT THE LINE SUGGESTED IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA. 2 OF TUR IN THE FACE OF PRESS ENQUIRIES. BUT AS PREDICTED, THE NOTE CIRCULATED PRIOR TO THE COMMONS DEBATE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A HOME OFFICE CURCULAR AND CRITICHSED BY THE INDIANS AS ASSEMPTS TO 'SWAY PARLIAMENTARY OPINION AGAINST HONG KONG'S NATIONALITY DEMANDS PRIOR TO THE COMMONS DEBATE', ACCORDING TO A FRONT-PAGE REPORT IN THE SCMP TODAY. THE PRESS ARE LAKELY TO QUESTION THIS AT MR. RENTON'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
2. AS WE DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE NOTE (WHEREAS SCMP DOES), WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND US THE TEXT BY TELEGRAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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, XVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, BL 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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