TNAG-0123-FCO40-159-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 48

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C. BRITISH RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities to People

20.

We have a responsibility to safeguard the welfare and interests of the people of Hong Kong; about half of these

are aliens.

21.

A clear responsibility extends to the following

categories:-

(a) About 46,000 British subjects and Commonwealth

citizens of non-Chinese race, of which about 15,000 at the present time are members of the armed forces and their families (the Gurkha troops and their dependents are included in this category).

(b) About half (or 1.9 million) of the Chinese

population who have, or are entitled to claim, the status of Citizens of the United Kingdom

and Colonies.

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