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OF 301530Z SEPTEMBER 86
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OUR TELNO 2025: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS
1.
WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHAT PUBLICITY IF ANY SHOULD BE
GIVEN TO THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WISE TO
DEFER ANY DETAILED PUBLIC STATEMENT UNTIL WE HAVE AS MANY
FAVOURABLE COMMENTS FROM COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE. BUT IT MAY BE
USEFUL TO ANNOUNCE IN HONG KONG THAT THE EXERCISE IS UNDERWAY.
WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO SAY ANYTHING HERE BUT SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS,
SUGGEST THAT A SHORT, LOW KEY ANNOUNCEMENT COULD BE MADE IN HONG
KONG ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
HOWE
QUOTE DURING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT ON THE HONG KONG
NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
UNDERTOOK TO EXPLAIN THE NEW BN(0) STATUS AND ITS
ENDORSEMENT IN PASSPORTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES ONCE THE
ORDER WAS IN PLACE AND BEFORE PASSPORTS SHOWING THE NEW
STATUS WERE INTRODUCED IN JULY 1987. TO THIS END THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE NOW BEGUN THEIR APPROACHES TO ALL
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS. UNQUOTE.
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 PLANT,
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR 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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