GRS 650
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
TELNO 398
OF 24103OZ APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK
INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO BRUSSELS, FCO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
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HKG/GT/125: RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN(0) PASSPORTS :
EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA
JAK
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
CHINESE
MEMORANDUM
2 5 APR 1986
DESK
IND
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA ACKNOLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE
MEMORANDUM DATED 11 APRIL 1986 OF THE EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONCERNING THE
ENDORSEMENT IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS
AND, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RELEVANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE
SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HAS THE HONOUR TO ELABORATE THE POSITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE
RELEVANT QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
MEMORANDUM AS FOLLOWS:
1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN
SECTION XIV OF ANNEX 1 TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG AND THE
PRINCIPLED POSITION CONTAINED IN THE CHINESE MEMORANDUM
DATED 19 DECEMBER 1984, THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997, PERMIT CHINESE NATIONALS IN
HONG KONG WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY CALLED BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES CITIZENS'' TO USE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AS REFERRED TO
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM, DURING THE PERIOD FROM
1 JULY 1987 TO 30 JUNE 1997 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAVELLING TO OTHER STATES AND PEGIONS. THOSE AMONG THEM, TOGETHER WITH OTHER PERSONS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY CALLED BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS'' WHO ARE
HOLDERS OF PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION, WILL HAVE THIS FACT
STATED BY ADDING AN ENDORSEMENT TO THEIR ABOVE-MENTIONED
CONFIDENTIAL
TRAVEL