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MCLAREN'S TELELETTER OF 13 NOVEMBER TO HUM, HKD, COPIED TO
JEAFFRESON AND TO THOMSON (PEKING): HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL
ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS
1.
WE AGREE THAT MRS GONZALES HAS RAISED VALID QUERIES,
ALTHOUGH WE THINK THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE (BOTH BDTC PASSPORT
HOLDERS AND CI HOLDERS) WHO WILL BE IN EITHER OF THE POSITIONS
DESCRIBED IN PARA 2 OF TLUR WILL BE VERY SMALL. WE ACCEPT,
HOWEVER, THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF SOME SORT WILL NEED TO BE
REACHED WITH THE CHINESE OVER PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO POSSESS AND
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ON DOCUMENTS WHOSE VALIDITY CEASES IN 1997. IT
IS A PROBLEM WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS IN DUE COURSE.
2.
OUR INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE THAT ANY FORMER HONG KONG BDTC
IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 WHO FOR ANY REASON HAD NOT
ACQUIRED A BN(0) PASSPORT SHOULD BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A HKSAR
PASSPORT OR TRAVEL DOCUMENT FROM THE PRC EMBASSY. IF HE WERE AN
ETHNIC MINORITY FORMER BDTC WITH NO OTHER NATIONALITY, HE WOULD
BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A BOC PASSPORT FROM THE BRITISH EMBASSY. SUCH
A PERSON NEED NOT BE LEFT WITHOUT ANY FORM OF TRAVEL
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