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OCMIAN 7288
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FM FCOLN TO HOKON
1916102 AUG
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1780
OF 191610Z AUGUST 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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REVISTRY
2 C AUG 1986 -
OUR TELNO 1723: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS:
CANADA
1.
FURTHER TO PARA 3 (D) (I) OF TUR THE FOLLOWING IS A DRAFT LINE FOR USE IN OTTAWA. WE THINK A COPY OF IT SHOULD BE LEFT WITH THE CANADIANS AS A SEPARATE SPEAKING NOTE.
COMMENTS.
GRATEFUL FOR
2.
HMG APPRECIATE THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF BN (0) STATUS MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CURRENT APPLICATION OF CANADIAN IMMIGRATION RULES. HMG VERY MUCH HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HOLDERS OF BN (0) PASSPORTS WITHIN YOUR IMMIGRATION RULES IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATE BDTCS FROM HONG KONG, BY INTRODUCING ANY NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES. ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ENABLE BN(O)S TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO CANADA (WHERE MANY HAVE RELATIONS) WILL BE VERY GOOD FOR CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG AND WILL NOT, HMG BELIEVE, GIVE RISE TO ANY PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES FOR THE CANADIAN
AUTHORITIES.
YOUNG
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 HARD ING
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
LIR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
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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