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DFB Le Breton Esq CBE
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HONG KONG: BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS )
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Your reference GNP 343/32
Our reference CON 343/393/1
Date
17 October, 1986
1. Please refer to your letter of 23 September.
2. I called on Sig.ra Spinelli, a Counsellor in the Political Affairs Department of the Italian M F A on 14 October. over a Note and spoke as instructed. paper based on the enclosure to your
I handed I also left her a piece of letter.
3. Counsellor Spinelli told me that owing to a oversight E D T Cs and B OCs were in fact accorded the same privileges in Italy as British Citizens. The point had on recently been brought to her attention when a British passport had been sighted which bore the Channel Islands/Isle of Man endorsement. The matter was under discussion in the Ministry but she thought that a quick decision was unlikely. I think we can take it that this anomalous situation Vill continue to apply for some time to come. In any case the Italians will not differentiate between B R (C)s and E D T Cs.
4. I thought it worth pointing out that it was unlikely that any BN (0)s would cause immigration problems.
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