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FOLLOWING STRICTLY PERSONAL FOR LAYDEN, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
FROM GOVERNOP.
NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
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1. IN SENDING MY TEDSNOS 801, 811 AND 812 1 HAVE NOT OVERLOOKED PARA 6 OF YOUR TELNO 487. BUT MASS DUNN IS UNDER STRONG PRESSURE FROM HER LEGCO COLLEAGUES WHO WOULD BE VERY UNLIKELY TO BE AMENABLE TO ADVICE THAT TO RAISE THE ISSUE AGAIN WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. ADDITIONALLY, GIVEN THE RECPIMINATIONS WHICH OCCURRED AT THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONALITY ACT OVER WHAT WAS INTERPRETED AS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DISCOURAGING LOBBYING BY UNOFFICIALS, (ALL LONG BEFORE YOUR TIME BUT STILL VERY MUCH A LIVE ISSUE HERE) WE CANNOT RISK APPEARING TO BE ATTEMPTING TO SILENCE LEGCO, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THINGS COING RIGHT.
2. THE ACTION NOW PROPOSED, HOWEVER, IS A MODEST AS WE CAN ACHIEVE IN THE FACE OF THE STRONG FEELING STILL ALIVE AMONG UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THIS ISSUE.
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