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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

438

Mr J Eme ry

B4 Divi si on Home Office Lunar House

CROYDON

Der Jerry,

HAM 340

ник

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 3 APR 1986

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

HONG KONG NA TI ONALITY ORDER:

We di scussed this yesterday

1.

meeting

Ministers,

can no t

a s

agree

to

afternoon. I believe

gi ve

no n-ethnic Chine se it will

forth coming

a

undertaking

REGISTRY

2 April 19 86

sent by Pax 2/4 4.

NON ETHNIC CHINE SE

briefly at Wilfred

Hy de

S

I t i s

of

the vi ew

yours,

of

Our

tha t i f

HMG

to

the

ci tizenship

it i s British

be all the more important for

to be

made in Parliament for settlement would

life was

statement their tha t

considered

ca se

i f

sympathetically

difficult for them in the Hong Kong SAR.

2.

brief fom of words We agreed on a

be to be come

on this point

to be included in the paper for CD (K). As I mentioned to

the telephone

this morning,

a s

turn i t

tried to

di rect

s pee ch draft My

pa s sa ge i s

I have

pa ra ph ra se

into

in delivered

a pa s sage

Parliament.

of

you on

that might be

a t ta che d: I read it to you and you said that you thought

it was on about the right lines.

3.

Home Office whether this

eventual

fully within the included in an

Home Office reactions.

You undertook to

I mentioned

you,

Peking

to

consider more pa s sa ge could be Parli amen ta ry s ta teme nt by a I look forward to learning your

I should

to Like

t ry

a t tong

qui te

early an He king

did that ensure

Minister.

as

the d raft

stage,

As

on

in

not consider

to Holy ano

particular SO

that its terms would upset the Chine se.

smaids,

Cich

CO Hum

Hong Kong Department

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Mr W Hyde, Home Office Mr R Fries, Home Office

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