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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG Ø38243Z DEC 82

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1592 OF 3 DECEMBER

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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LIVED IN REGISTRY HO. T

0 3 DEC 1980

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CATER'S LETTER (62) IN SCR 39/2091/72 V OF THE 20TH OCTOBER AND OUR TELEGRAM 1372 OF 20 OCTOBER: WHITE PAPER ON BRITISH

NATIONALITY.

WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DISCUSSION CLIFT/DAVIES THAT CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE POINTS MADE IN THIS LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN DEFERRED PENDING THE FURTHER SUBMISSION PROMISED IN PARAGRAPH 11.

2. WE SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF ALL SUBMISSIONS ON THE WHITE

PAPER ON NATIONALITY WHICH WE HAVE MADE COULD NOW BE CONSIDERED.

3. THERE WILL BE ONE FURTHER SUBMISSION ON THE USE WHICH IT IS INTENDED SHOULD BE MADE IN FUTURE OF THE PROPOSAL IN PARAGRAPH 70

OF THE WHITE PAPER CMND. 7987. IN THE MEANTIME DOES THE DRAFT BILL

OFFER ANY CLARIFICATION OF THE EXTENT OR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THIS PROPOSED SCHEME OF NATURALISATION, REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 70,

WILL BE USED? OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD PREFER THE BILL TO GIVE AS WIDE

DISCRETION AS POSSIBLE.

MACLEHOSE MINIMAL

NTD

HKOG D

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

CONFIDENTIAL

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON