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FM HONG KONG 121845Z MAY
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 495 OF 12 MAY, 1981
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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1. I UNDERSTAND FROM CLIFT THAT THE HOME OFFICE OBJECTION TO THE
INSERTION IN A PASSPORT UNDER NATIONALITY STATUS OF 'BRITISH NATIONAL' OR 'U.K. NATIONAL' FOR CBDT'S IS THAT FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES IN THIRD COUNTRIES IT MIGHT BLUR THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
CITIZENSHIPS WITH AND WITHOUT RIGHT OF ENTY AND ABODE IN THE U.K. WOULD IT HELP TO OVERCOME HOME OFFICE OBJECTION IF BRITISH'' OR **UK''
''NATIONAL '' WERE QUALIFIED IN THE PASSPORT BY AN ENDORSEMENT EITHER ON PAGE 1 OR PAGE 5 SOMETHING LIKE 'HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT
OF ABODE IN HONG KONG''?
2. THIS WOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT, SAY, A DEPORTEE SHOULD GO TO HONG KONG AND NOT THE U.K. SUCH A QUALIFICATION WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO
UMELCO.
3. I DID SUGGEST A NEGATIVE ENDORSEMENT E.G. ''HOLDER HAS NO RIGHT
OF ABODE IN THE U.K." SINCE THIS IS NORMALLY INSERTED IN U.K. PASSPORTS ISSUED IN THE U.K. TO HONG KONG BELONGERS AT PRESENT. HOWEVER IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE MUCH BETTER IF PUT POSITIVELY AS IN PARAGRAPH 1, AND IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES IN THIRD COUNTRIES IT WAS MORE USEFUL.
4. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE POSITIVE INSERTION IN PARAGRAPH 1 ALONE,
CR ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEGATIVE IN PARAGRAPH 3 TOO, WOULD BE ANY HELP TO YOU IN SUBMITTING HOW THE S OF S SHOULD REACT IF MR.
WHITELAW'S REPLY IS NEGATIVE.
5. CERTAINLY IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES A QUICK REPLY TO THE HOME
OFFICE MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN RESTRAINING UMELCO FROM SENDING A
MISSION TO LONDON.
MACLEHOSE.
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