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Mr Williamson

Reference.... KK 3 40/1

Nationality White Paper

1. I consulted FED on

Para 13

of

Sur Jack Cater's

letter of

20 October.

2. HM Embassy Peking have

commented

on the Chinese

Law in

Nationality Law

a letter

of 2 October (copy attached). While stating that the text of the Law does not specifically deal with the problem, the Empassy view is that these people would almost all

CODE 18-78

Chinese

be regarded as Nationals, with the

possible exception of those born outade Hong Kong, Macau and China (See Paragraph 6)

M.A. Searle

30.

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