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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
1.
IT MAY BE USEFUL TO SUMMARISE THE POSITION AS WE SEE
IT FOLLOWING THE TALKS WHICH TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK.
2.
BN(0) PASSPORT ENDORSEMENT. FORMS OF WORDS BOTH FOR AN ENDORSEMENT AND FOR THE EXPLANATORY LEAFLET WERE CANVASSED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBLE BASIS FOR AGREEMENT, BUT THERE REMAINS SOME DOUBT ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE WORDING OF THE ENDORSEMENT AND THE LEAFLET MIGHT INHIBIT THE SCOPE FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE IMMIGRATION RULES WHICH A FUTURE GOVERNMENT MIGHT WISH TO MAKE. ALTERNATIVE FOOTNOTES TO THE LEAFLET HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED TO MEET THIS DIFFICULTY. HOME OFFICE OFFICIALS WILL SHORTLY SUBMIT TO THEIR MINISTERS ON THE ENDORSEMENT QUESTION.
3.
EX-SERVICEMEN. THE HOME OFFICE NOW HAVE SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO REACH A DECISION. THEY EXPECT TO SUBMIT SOON.
4.
ETHNIC MINORITIES. MOST OF THE REQUIRED INFORMATION HAS BEEN PRODUCED, BUT CARTER HAS BEEN ASKED TO PRODUCE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON ALIENS RESIDENT IN HONG KONG WHO MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE
TO APPLY FOR BDTC STATUS. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE A SUBMISSION TO BE MADE
TO HOME OFFICE MINISTERS.
5.
THE DISCUSSIONS WERE OF COURSE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO
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