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FM NEW DELHI-
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 274 (TO BE CONFIRMED)
OF 04102OZ MARCH 86
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
HONG KONG INDIANS
1. DURING A BUSINESS TRIP TO BOMBAY, SITAL (VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG INDIANS ASSOCIATIONS) COMPLAINED TO THE PRESS ABOUT HMG ABDICATING RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONG KONG INDIANS HOLDING BRITISH PASSPORTS. HE IS REPORTED IN TODAY'S ''PATRIOT'' NEWSPAPER AS SAYING THAT HE WOULD SOON LEAD A DELEGATION OF HONG KONG INDIANS TO DELHI: TO PERSUADE THE GOI TO PLEAD THEIR CASE
WITH HMG.
2.
GRATEFUL FOR A PRESS LINE (MISS SHARPE'S LETTER OF 19
FEB TO HKD).
WADE-GERY
LIMITED
HKD
SAD
CONSULAR D.
NEWS D.
INFOD.
SIRN. HARDING
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON,
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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