TNAG-0660-FCO40-809-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-British-nationality-1977 — Page 95

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GRS 80 IMMEDIATE

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22 APR 1977

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 402 OF 22 APRIL.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 289 OF 20 APRIL.

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WE SHALL NOT NOW HAVE THE HOME SECRETARY'S STATEMENT IN THE VERBATIM SERIES IN TIME FOR THE MORNING NEWSPAPERS ON 28 APRIL. WE SHALL NEED TO STEER THE MEDIUM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE STATEMENT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE REQUESTED IN PARAGRAPH 2, OUR TELEGRAM NO 375 OF 15 APRIL. WE SHOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS

BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS ON 26 APRIL,

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