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FFICER
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OCMIAN 6637
CONFIDENTIAL
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
031300Z OCT
GRS 114
Y
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2144
OF 031300Z OCTOBER 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
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YOUR TELNO 3199: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS
1.
WE DO NOT WISH TO BE TOO PEDANTIC. BUT ON FURTHER
REFLECTION WE THINK WE SHOULD BE AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE IN OUR
PUBLIC STATEMENTS WITH WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONVEY IN THE BN(0) CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS THAT IT IS BN(0) STATUS WHICH IS NEW, NOT THE PASSPORT (OR QUOTE DOCUMENT UNQUOTE) WHICH WILL BE A NORMAL BRITISH PASSPORT. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, THEREFORE, WE WOULD PREFER THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT TO READ QUOTE ..
THE NEW STATUS AND THE PASSPORT THAT GOES WITH IT.
RECOGNITION OF
UNQUOTE.
HOWE
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:
LIR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR PLANT,
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MF EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
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