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FM FCOLN TO HOKON
21120OZ AUG
GRS 270
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1794
OF 21120OZ AUGUST 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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INÍKY
HRIC 340
2 AUG 1986
TOGSTRY Acton Taken
OUR TELNO 1702 AND YOUR TELNO 2609: BN(0) PASSPORTS
1.
WE ARE CONTENT TO PROCEED WITH THE PRE-PRINTING OF THE
NATIONAL STATUS ON PAGE ONE OF THE PASSPORT AS YOU SUGGEST. WE
AGREE THAT THIS IS IN FACT A BETTER WAY TO PROTECT THE 'C' SERIES
PASSPORTS THAN PRE-STAMPING. WE ARE ALSO CONTENT WITH YOUR
SUGGESTION FOR PRE-PRINTING THE VISA/EC ENDORSEMENT.
2.
WE ARE SORRY THAT YOU FELT THE UNDERLYING TONE OF OUR TUR
WAS DISTURBING. IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE. WE DO NOT INTEND TO
IMPLEMENT ANY SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY
AGAINST BN (0)S. OUR CONCERN IS TO PROTECT THE 96,000 OR MORE 'C'
SERIES PASSPORTS YOU ESTIMATE YOU WILL REQUIRE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF ISSUE (YOUR TELNO 536 REFERS). IF YOUR ESTIMATE IS CORRECT YOU WILL BE HOLDING LARGER STOCKS OF 'C' SERIES PASSPORTS THAN
ANY OTHER OVERSEAS POST (AND LARGER STOCKS THAN WE WOULD USUALLY BE PREPARED TO AGREE TO). UNLESS THE BN (0) NATIONAL STATUS IS PRE-PRINTED OR PRE-STAMPED IN THE 'C' SERIES PASSPORT, YOU WOULD BE HOLDING CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF ORDINARY 'C' SERIES PASSPORTS. IT WAS TO SAFEGUARD THESE PASSPORTS THAT WE
SUGGESTED THE PRE-STAMPING OF THE BN (0) NATIONAL STATUS. YOU WILL ACCEPT OUR FIRM ASSURANCE THAT CONSIDERATION OF THIS
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