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defena British
?rals, given that their position is forntitle (2 portion (BN(0)1)
in Juct Chinese nationals
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screment (they do not singide
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Hong Kong SAR) should stand guarantor for defaulting British
nationals. The possible repatriation consequences were
not considered at the time that BN (O) status was discussed
overa
and, given the overall context, it may well not have been
appropriate to do so.
10. The same threshold that needs to be covered is whether
to concede the facility of repatriation to a foreign
effectiv
country without affecting leverage to make good any under-
takings to repay. The political argument for taking BN (O)s
as a special category in this request are strong.
while there is no way of estimating how many repatinations
but
BN(0)
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However,
epatin
to the Hong Kong SAR may occur, we could reasonably hope
that they would be relatively few and would not in fact
Λ involve us in heavy expenditure. Many Hong Kong BN-(→) s
could be expected to resist repatriation to Hong Kong after
1997 before exploring all other alternatives. And we might,
in some circumstances, be able to exert some leverage for
later recovery of costs by impounding BN (0) passports at
the point of departure and issuing the holder with an
Emergency single-journey passport.
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fald & I The political argumento in jourous of continuity beyond 1997 in our arrangements for BN (o) passport holdes are very
strong.
sen. [ now para 8].
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