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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

F MONG HONG 1801C17 SEP

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1253 OF 10 SEPTEMBER, 1979.

NATIONALITY LAW

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1. ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH 46 OF THE GREEN PAPER ON BRITISH

NATIONALITY, "THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDER THAT AS A GENERAL RULE

A NEW BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SHOULD NOT BE TRANSMITTED BEYOND

THE FIRST GENERATION BORN ABROAD, BUT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT

SOME CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT JUSTIFY EXCEPTIONS"?

2. THE STRICT APPLICATION OF SUCH A RULE WOULD SERIOUSLY

AFFECT MANY EXPATRIATE BRITISH CITIZENS WORKING IN HONG KONG,

WHO WERE BORN ABROAD THEMSELVES AND WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE ALSO

BEEN BORN ABROAD, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD OBTAIN URGENT

CLARIFICATION FROM THE HOME OFFICE ON HOW THIS FIRST

GENERATION RULE WOULD BE APPLIED AND WHAT EXCEPTIONS

THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN MIND,

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