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- 7 APR 1986
DATE:
26 March 1986
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PS/Mr Renton
Sir W Harding
Dr Wilson
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Private Secretary
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP: REQUEST BY HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN
Problem
413
1.
To
Minister
Chinese
respond to the Home Secretary and to the Prime
about the suggestion that wealthy Hong Kong businessmen might acquire British citizenship
without fulfilling the usual residence requirement.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Private Secretary write to the Private Secretary at the Home Office, copying to No 10, on
the lines of the attached draft letter.
our
He would express
support in principle for the Home Office's positi to this idea, but convey the Governor's advice that no decision be taken until Hong Kong opinion had had a chance to calm down following the passage of the Nationality Order
in Council.
360
D
1239
Background
3.
The background is set out in Mr Powell's letters of 21
January and 18 March, and Mr Fittall's letter of 13 March.
We consulted the
attached.
Governor
by
telegram: his
reply is
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14.