CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 549
OF 13110OZ MARCH 90
CONFIDENTIAL
060265
MDLOAN 8569
#KD 340/21
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 1 MAR 1990
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
OUR TELNO 447: GRANT OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO INDIAN COMMUNITY
1 AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT
"
MR HATTERSLEY WROTE TO THE CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN ORGANISATIONS
IN BRITAIN PROMISING THAT A LABOUR GOVERNMENT WOULD GIVE FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO ALL ASIANS IN HONG KONG WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME STATELESS AFTER 1997 - ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE IN ALL, IT IS CLAIMED. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PRESS HAVE EXAGGERATED THE REPORT TO INCLUDE ALL/ALL ASIANS IN HONG KONG.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
69
DISTRIBUTION
79
.HK AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNERS
HD/CONSULAR D
NEWS D
PUSD
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR P J WESTON
MR GILLMORE
SIR A WATTS
MR MCLAREN
MR MOSS
MR BLATHERWICK
ADDITIONAL
HK AGREEMENT
10
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