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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3508
Confidential
RECEIVE!
OF 24035OZ OCTOBER 86
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EN(0) PASSPORTS
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IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEAD TIME NORMALLY REQUIRED FOR ORDER ING PASSPORTS, WE PROPOSE NOW TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR 50,000 BOOKS OF THE BN(0) PASSPORTS IN TRADITIONAL FORMAT OF BRITISH PASSPORTS THROUGH THE CROWN AGENTS WITH HMSO TO BE DELIVERED IN APRIL 1987 50 THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ISSUE BY 1 JULY 1987.
2.
THE BM(0) PASSPORTS WILL INCORPORATE THE CHANGES AS INDICATED IN THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS 1.E.
FCO TELNO 393 OF 11.3.85 REGARDING FRONT COVER OF PASSPORT.
FCO TELNO 1702 OF 11.8.86 REGARDING PASSPORT SERIAL NUMBER. FCO TELNO 1794 OF 21.8.86 REGARDING PREPRINTING OF NATIONAL
STATUS AND OF EC/VISA ENDORSEMENT.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, WE ALSO PROPOSE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF PREPRINTING THE WORDS HONG KONG NEXT TO THE
WORDS ISSUED AT ON PAGE 4 OF THE PASSPORT. AS REGARDS NOTES 2 ON THE INSIDE PAGE OF BACK COVER, WE SUGGEST THE INCLUSION OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) AFTER THE WORDS BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS. NO DOUBT ALL BACK PAGES OF BRITISH PASSPORTS
WILL BE SO AMENDED.
4.
UNLESS OTHERWISE ADVISED, WE WILL PROCEED IN A WEEK'S TIME PLACING THE ORDER WITH A REQUEST TO HMSO TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO US A PROOF COPY OF THE PASSPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION.
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HMLNAN 3733
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR PLANT,
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
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