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DESKBY 220100Z OCT 80

FM FCO 211345Z OCT 80

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 934 OF 21 OCTOBER

AND TO PRIORITY PEKING

PQS: HONG KONG

1.

MR FRANK HOOLEY MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQS FOR WRITTEN

REPLY:

TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL:

(A) WHAT REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY HER MAJESTY'S

GOVERNMENT FROM HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN

GREAT BRITAIN, RESPECTIVELY, CONCERNING PROPOSED CHANGES IN

BRITISH NATIONALITY LAW?

(B) IF HE WILL GIVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THE NATIONALITY RIGHTS OF

THE PRESENT HONG KONG CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES WILL BE PRESERVED IN THE EVENT OF ANY CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL STATUS OF HONG KONG?

(C) WHETHER IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERN-

MENTS TO EXTEND, MODIFY, ANNUL OR OTHERWISE VARY THE SECOND

CONVENTION OF PEKING 1898: AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT?

(D) WHETHER HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THE STATED POSITION

OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT THE TREATIES CONCERNING THE

STATUS OF HONG KONG ARE INVALID AND NOT BINDING ON CHINA?

(E) WHETHER THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF HONG KONG WAS DISCUSSED IN THE

TALKS IN OCTOBER IN LONDON BETWEEN THE FOREIGN AND COMMON-

WEALTH SECRETARY AND MR HUANG HUA: AND WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME

OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS?

(F) WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT NO CITIZEN OF HONG

KONG IS RENDERED STATELESS BY ANY CHANGE IN BRITISH NATION-

ALITY LAW OR CHANGE IN THE STATUS OF THE TERRITORY ITSELF?

2. THE HOME SECRETARY WILL BE ANSWERING QUESTIONS (A) AND (F) AND

WE WILL SEND YOU DRAFT REPLIES AS SOON AS THEY ARE READY.

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