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OCMIAN 5472
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OO PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
141130Z FEB
GRS 153
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 291
OF 141130Z FEBRUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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TELECON CARTER/EMERY: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN
COUNCIL
1.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 65,000 PERMANENT RESIDENTS INCLUDED IN THE TABLES HANDED TO US AT THE MEETING ARE ALL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR BDTCSHIP. OF THESE 65,000, 11,000 ARE GIVEN AS OF UK NATIONALITY'. MAY WE ASSUME THAT THESE ARE ALL
BRITISH CITIZENS?
2.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT 15,000 TEMPORARY RESIDENTS ARE LIKELY TO GET PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS UNDER CURRENT POLICY BETWEEN NOW AND 1997. ANY BREAKDOWN OF THESE NUMBERS BY NATIONALITY WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
3.
AT THE MEETING A FIGURE OF 4,000 STATELESS RESIDENTS WITHOUT CONDITIONS WAS MENTIONED. ARE ALL OF THESE ELIGIBLE TO
THAT THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
APPLY FOR BDTCSHIP NOW? WE ASSUME THE FIGURE OF 65,000 IN PARA 1 NOR IN THE FIGURE OF 15,000 IN
PARA 2 ABOVE.
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TIM RENTON
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
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
MR HUM FID
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