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THE PRIME MINISTER
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23 April 1986
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I wanted to write to you personally about the response we are giving to the requests put forward by the Legislative Council on the Nationality Order.
We have considered very carefully all the points which have been made and in particular those made in your letters to me earlier this year. We have recognised the strength of feeling in Hong Kong and we have been anxious to take it fully into account.
We are today announcing our response to the Legislative Council's requests. As you will see, we have met in full the Council's request for a passport endorsement about visits to the United Kingdom. We received many reports from the Governor on feeling in Hong Kong about the issue and were aware of the widespread concern. We have done our best to meet that concern and to provide the necessary reassurance which people in Hong Kong were looking for. We welcome visitors from Hong Kong and the close contacts between Britain and Hong Kong which their visits help to maintain.
We hope we have also been able to meet the views of many in Hong Kong who thought that we should give special recognition to former servicemen in Hong Kong who fought in