SECRET

FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 452

OF 260659Z MARCH 90

SECRET

40/1

HKC 34

STRY

26 MAR 1990

ISTRY

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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG UKREP JLG HONG KONG

Pa

YOUR TELNO 642 TO HONG KONG: UK NATIONALITY SCHEME: DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE ON THE PACKAGE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

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MDHIAN 5826

WE ARE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THE TEXT IN TUR ON WHICH WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING, MAINLY MINOR, COMMENTS:

1.

A.

WE THINK THAT SOME EDITORIAL WORK IS REQUIRED IN VIEW OF THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE CONTENTS OF PARA 1 OF TUR AND THOSE OF PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 623 TO HONG AND, TO SOME EXTENT, PARA 2 OF HONG KONG TELNO 959.

PARA 4 OF TUR: WE HOPE THE DEFENSIVE MATERIAL WILL ENABLE US TO EXPLAIN WHY THE ICAC SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN THE STEERING

B.

GROUP.

C.

PARA 7: THE DEFINITION OF 'SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES' SHOULD ALSO BE DEALT WITH IN THE DEFENSIVE Q AND A BRIEF.

D.

PARA 8: WE SHALL NEED TO BE READY TO EXPLAIN HOW THOSE IN THE ''BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT'' CATEGORY DIFFER FROM THOSE IN THE ''ENTREPENEUR'

CATEGORY.

E. PARA 9, SECOND SENTENCE: SUBSTITUTE WILL FOR 'WOULD.

F. PARA 9, LINE 5: SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE MISSING.

DONALD

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