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Department, and encourage the Immigration Department to give him a response. He confirmed that he had not yet raised it with them, although he planned to do
so;
(iii) the acceptability of BN (0) passports.
4.
Mr Young said
it was a matter of concern to him that BN(0) passports permitted visa-free entry in only a restricted number of countries. Even among Britain's Community partners France and Germany
He wondered if there was still insisted on visas.
any more we could do to persuade the French and German authorities to change their minds.
We would discuss (ii)
I said that I would record all three points, and that we would discuss them with Hong Kong. On (i) we awaited further word from him. with the Immigration Department. more could be done on (iii).
We would consider what I should be grateful if the
Please let me
department could take action accordingly.
know in due course if there is anything I can say to Mr Young on (iii).
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