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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 25110OZ FCO
TELNO 1241
OF 25O9OOZ APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
:
NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL : UNOFFICIALS' REACTION
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AT THE WEEKLY IN-HOUSE MEETING OF UMELCO
THIS AFTERNOON, UNOFFICIALS DECIDED AGAINST SENDING A DELEGATION
TO THE UK ON THE MINORITIES' REQUEST. WE WERE INFORMED THAT
SIR S.Y. CHUNG WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS COURSE OF ACTION
ON THE GROUND THAT IT WOULD BE 'COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE AND EMBARRASSING'
ALTHOUGH THIS DECISION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A SHORT PRESS STATEMENT
ISSUED BY UMELCO AFTER THE MEETING, UNOFFICIALS WOULD REPLY
FACTUALLY IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES.
2. TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT IS IN MIFT.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/R RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
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 ADVISÉRS
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