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TELNO 1211
OF 231055Z APRIL 86
#INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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RECEIV:
INDE
RISTRY
2 5 APR 1986
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Acron Taken
PERSONAL FOR
HKD, FROM GOVERNOR.
YOUR TELNO 1189: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.
1. THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND THE HONG KONG STANDARD TODAY CARRIED FRONT-PAGE STORIES FROM THEIR LONDON CORRESPONDENTS THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE IN LONDON TODAY AND INDICATING THAT HMG HAD DECIDED TO REJECT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE ETHNIC MINORITIES SHOULD BE GRANTED BRINTHISH CHATHIZENSHIP.
2. THE STORY WAS NOT PICKED UP IN THE CHINESE-LANGUAGE PRESS.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
LEGAL ADVISERS MR GRAINGER,
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE.
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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