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I understand that in Cabinet this morning there was some
discussion of the arguments to be used
to be used in Parliament to
justify our decision not
not to grant British citizenship to
the ethnic minority BDTCs in Hong Kong. Sir Geoffrey
Howe has asked me to write to you to express his concern
that too much should not be made of the argument that
in the opposite sense would have involved a
large potential immigration commitment for the UK.
decision
Cc PS IM Renter
rs/ Lab Yang
Dr When
for our
The general reason
concern is that, as the Home
Secretary is aware, the question of immigration from Hong
Kong to the UK is
an extremely sensitive issue in
territory. Underlying the head of steam which built up
in Hong Kong over the present order
longstanding feeling of resentment
the
is
a deep and
that over
the years,
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as Hong Kong people see it, UK legislation has made it
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