CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 1718502 MAR
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 295 OF 17 MARCH, 1981
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND PERING. $15.4
YR TELNO 247: NEW NATIONALITY LAW.
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1. I TOLD EXECUTIVE COUNCIL THIS MORNING THE OUTCOME OF MY TALKS
IN LONDON.
2. UNOFFICIALS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF THE SYMPATHETIC HEARING
WHICH WAS GIVEN TO THE REPRESENTATIONS WHICH I MADE ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF AND PARTICULARLY TO YOUR AGREEMENT THAT AN AMENDMENT WOULD
BE MOVED TO REVERT TO THE EXISTING POSITION OF AN ENTITLEMENT TO
REGISTRATION AS BC'S (AS DISTINCT FROM APPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL- ISATION) FOR CBDT'S WHO IN FUTURE BECOME SETTLED IN U.K.
3. ON CROWN SERVICE THEY NOTED THAT IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT AMEND-
MENTS SHOULD BE MADE, BUT THAT THE PRECISE WORDING NEEDED FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
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4. UNOFFICIALS ASKED WHETHER IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE WHICH
ATTACHED TO BOTH REGISTRATION AND THE AMENDMENTS ON CROWN SERVICE
THEY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE PRECISE WORDING. I SAID THE REQUEST WAS VERY REASONABLE BUT THAT IN THE TIME SCALE IT MIGHT NOT BE PRACTICABLE, HOWEVER I WOULD FORWARD IT. IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GREAT ASSISTANCE TO ME IF WE COULD BE ADVISED OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS BEFORE THEY ARE FINALISED. WE WOULD UNDERTAKE TO COMMENT
VERY QUICKLY INDEED.
5. YOU WILL REALISE HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO PEOPLE HERE, AND
THAT UNOFFICIALS FEEL A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
6. SEE M IF T.
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MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
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