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FM PEKING 160832Z JAN 80

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 41 OF 16 JANUARY 80

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GAULIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 22 JAN1930

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, BANGKOK (FOR CRADOCK! 22/1

HONG KONG TELNO 95 (NOT TO BANGKOK) NATIONALITY LAW

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1. WE HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR TELNO 19 AND OTHER CORRESPONDENCE MENTIONED IN HONG KONG'S TUR AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR COPIES. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PREFERRED NOMENCLATURE MAY NOW BE "'BRITISH SUBJECT: HONG KONG CITIZEN''.

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I THINK THAT MR CRADOCK WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE PRESENT POSITION, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF HIS MINUTE OF 23 AUGUST 1979 TO MR MURRAY IN WHICH HE SAID THAT HE HOPED SUCH NAMES AS ''BRITISH CITIZEN OF HONG KONG'' COULD BE AVOIDED. SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO WHICH THAT MINUTE ADDRESSED ITSELF HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONTINUE TO APPLY, AS DOES PEKING TELNO 922. OUR PREFERENCE, IF CHANGE THERE HAD TO BE, WAS FOR ALTERNATIVE (11) IN HONG KONG TELNO 1421 OF 1979 VIZ CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES (HONG KONG).

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COPIES TO:

MISS BROOKES, LEGAL ADVISERS. HONG KONG, GOV: OFFICE,

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