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Winston S Churchill MP^
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SUBJECT:
Your letter of 11 April to Timothy Raison has been
passed to me for reply.
It is not
not quite right to say that David Waddington
"has conceded" that non-ethnic Chinese residents of Hong
Kong
will not be regarded by the Chinese as their
nationals when
the
territory reverts
to Chinese :
matter of fact that under Chinese
sovereignty. It is a
law only ethnic Chinese in Hong Kong are automatically
Chinese nationals. This was made plain in the Chinese
memorandum associated with the Joint Declaration.
this subject with the
venusileving
have
will the Home Ollin
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raised already
We
Chinese
Government in the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group and
they have confirmed that non-Chinese who meet the legal
requirements under Chinese Nationality Law can apply for
Chinese nationality and that such cases will be dealt
with by the appropriate authorities.
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