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Private Secretary
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Mr McLaren
Mr Burns
Mr Cornish, News Dept Special Advisers
HONG KONG: GUARDIAN ARTICLE ON THE NATIONALITY SCHEME
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Problem
1. The Secretary of State has asked for advice on how the
error in Mr Gerald Segal's article in this morning's
Guardian should be corrected?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Lord Caithness writes to the Guardian.
I submit a draft text which, in the interests of speed,
should go to Canberra tonight. News Department agree.
Background
3.
Mr Segal's claim that there have been applications for
less than 10% of the available places is of course absurd.
I can only assume that Mr Segal has been confused by the
fact that the number of applications (65,623) is a fraction
of the Hong Kong Government's earlier estimates on the maximum number of people who are eligible and might conceivably apply.
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