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have been weakened; and it is likely that a strong
Parliamentary lobby will be organised to press their
claim. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office however are
not disposed to suggest any change in this respect.
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hiverest b) Similarly in Hong Kong some influential Chinese
members of the Governor's Advisory Council have urged,
with some support from the Hong Kong Government, that
to alter the citizenship of people connected with Hong
Kong in a way which will be seen as further weakening
their ties with the United Kingdom will have a serious
effect on business confidence in the Colony. It is
clear that they bitterly resented the action taken in
1962 to remove the right of entry to the United Kingdom
from them. It is however to be noted that these people
are of the wealthy business and professional classes
and perhaps represent only a small portion of Hong Kong
opinion. Spokesmen on their behalf may be expected to
raise their case in Parliament during the passage of
the Bill; but apart from the serious immigration
implications for the United Kingdom the fundamental
Foreign Office objection to making them British Citizens
is that it might affect our relations with the Chinese
People's Republic during negotiations in the next few
years on the lease of the New Territories.
This in a very dauge om ansumpter to make Silence was thought to indicate a with hot to much about it or stimulate discouraging discussia miik
c) Some disquiet has also been voiced by people in this
country concerned with the interests of the Falkland
Islanders, most of whom are descended from people born
in the United Kingdom.
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