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Mr Jones

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RECEIVES SEMANTRY NO. 51

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NATIONALITY BILL : CITIZENSHIPS FOR THE DEPENDENCIES

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Your minute of 6 March. HKGD can agree to the idea of an enabling clause if this is thought necessary. You will, I know, appreciate that such a move could cause misunderstanding in Hong Kong and, in addition to the Ministerial defences in Committee or elsewhere, we should consider a separate explanation which the Governor could use in discussion with Unofficials and others.

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R D Clift

10 March 1981

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Mr Smith SAmD Mr Hope WIAD Mr Raftery EAD Mr Martin SED

Hong Kong and General Department

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