GRS 175
UNCLASSIFIED
HAM 040/4
RECEIVED REGISTRY
22 JAN 1986
DASA OFFICER
147
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 227
OF 21104OZ JANUARY 86
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
V
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
WHITE PAPER ON NATIONALITY
MEDHA COVERAGE
18-21 JANUARY.
IN THE PAST FEW DAYS THERE HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY MED NA COVERAGE OF THE COMMONS DEBATE, THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON 17 JANUARY AND LOCAL REACTION TO STATEMENTS MADE BY MR. WADDINGTON IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. FROM 18-19 JANUARY NO LESS THAN SIX PAPERS COMMENTED ON THE COMMONS DEBATE. THEY SAND GENERALLY THAT BRITAIN HAD FAILED TO LIVE UP TO HTS RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS HONG KONG PEOPLE BY REFUSING TO GRANT THEM THE RIGHT OF ENTRY TO THE UK.
2. MY FIRST FT CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE MED MA COVERAGE ON 18 JANUARY. MY SECOND IFT GIVES A SUMMARY OF EDITORIAL COMMENTS ON
20 JANUARY AND 21 JANUARY.
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
HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE, LONDON.