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RECEIVED IN REĜISTHY 2 8 OCT 1986
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NATIONALITY : INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS
AT OUR REQUEST, CONSUL-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES (REYES) CALLED ON SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ON 20 OCTOBER FOR US TO RESPOND TO ANY POINTS HE MIGHT HAVE ON THE NOTE WE HAD SENT HIM ON THE BN(0) PASSPORT.
2. REYES ASKED US TO CLARIFY WHO WOULD FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF BOC AFTER 1997 AND WE EXPLAINED WITH RELEVANT EXAMPLES. APART FROM THIS POINT REYES SAID THAT THE NOTE WAS CLEAR AND HE HAD NO OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO RAISE.
3. WE MADE THE POINT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE NEW BN (0) PASSPORT SHOULD GAIN INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE. REYES SAID HE WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PHILIPPINES GOVERNMENT SHOULD ACCEPT THE BN (0) PASSPORT AND THAT THE PRESENT VISA-FREE ARRANGEMENT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE NEW PASSPORT. HE DID NOT FORESEE ANY DIFFICULTY. AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED IT INVOLVED ONLY A CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE.
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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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