TNAG-0979-FCO40-1198-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-British-nationality-1980 — Page 146

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rejected by them at official level.

While we

understand the thought behind it, it is so obviously

contrived and liable to be confused with CUKC that

Ministers would find it hard to defend. It seems to

us more likely that comment and criticism about it

would be likely to increase rather than decrease

suspicion that it was a facade to hide real change.

It would run counter to the almost unanimous wish of

all Governors to avoid the word " Colony" or

"Colonies" in the title. We do not see much

prospect for this title.

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