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acceptance is crucial to maintaining confidence and
stability in Hong Kong. A key point we have emphasised
in explaining BN (O) status to Hong Kong people and to
third countries is that BN (0)s will be fully eligible for
British Consular services and protection (this facility
is actually enshrined in the UK Memorandum associated
with the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question
of Hong Kong). Any perception that we were seeking to
avoid honouring this commitment in full would very
seriously damage not only our campaign to gain acceptance
for BN (0) status and passport, but also the whole fragile
edifice of confidence in the future in Hong Kong. The
political arguments in favour of retaining a commitment
to last resort repatriation to Hong Kong beyond 1997 for
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