CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1250
OF 191209Z AUG 92
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YOUR TELNOS 1947 AND 1981: RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN OF HONG KONG PARENTS
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THE HOME SECRETARY HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE MINUTE WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE SENT HIM ON THIS SUBJECT AFTER HIS RETURN FROM HONG KONG. HOWEVER, IN A LETTER WHICH CROSSED WITH THIS, MR WARDLE HAS TOLD MR GOODLAD THAT FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE NOW 18 YEARS OR OLDER, THE OPERATIVE DATE IS THE DATE OF APPLICATION, NOT THE DATE OF DECISION. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION WE SHOULD PREFER NOT REPEAT NOT TO MAKE PUBLIC THIS SMALL PIECE OF GOOD NEWS UNTIL MR GOODLAD'S FORTHCOMING VISIT.
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