RF
Jill Knight
PS/Minister for Trade
HKD 340
3140/5
1 5FEB 1991
To
From
Wayne Lewis
OT2/2D
V/306
215 5412
24 January 1991
INDI
CER
PA
CC
Mr Meadway OT2 Mr Love OT2/2 Mr Paul FCO
Mr Morris FCO
BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: LIST OF BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS
Mr Tedham.
Thank you for your minute of 23 January on the above in which the Minister has further commented on the fact that perceptions are a questionable basis for deciding "Britishness".
2
In view of the Minister's doubts, shared by FCO Legal Advisers, the Advisory Committee has received advice that cases falling under paras 2(c) and 2(d) of our original submission of 17 December should be judged for their "Britishness" by compliance with the criteria rather than by how they may be "perceived".
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WAYNE LEWIS
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already (pl. check first) rulz