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WASHINGTON TELNO 3171 AND TELELETTER OF 192359Z DECEMBER: BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS): FACILITATING TRAVEL TO THIRD
COUNTRIES: USA
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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF A NOTE DATED 10 DECEMBER RECEIVED
FROM US EMBASSY:
BEGINS
THE AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTS
HIS COMPLIMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND HAS
THE HONOR TO INFORM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT, AS US VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH STATED AT HIS OCTOBER 19, 1985 PRESS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WILL RECOGNISE THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT.
THIS STATEMENT IS IN REPLY TO THE NOTE DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 WHICH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE EARLIER
PRESENTED TO THE AMBASSADOR. THAT NOTE CONCERNED THE IMPLEMENTATION ON JULY 1, 1987 OF THE HONG KONG (BRITISH
NATIONALITY) ORDER OF 1986.
US CRITERIA FOR A PASSPORT ARE DEFINED IN SECTION
101(A)(30) OF THE US IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT. TO WIT, THE TERM PASSPORT MEANS ANY TRAVEL DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A COMPETENT
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