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CONFIDENTIAL

HKR 340/1

WAR. 51

15 SEP 1981

DESK OFFICER

را پشتم

INDEX

مين

PA

Action Taken

Pas 2317

8392

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TELELETTER

FROM P J WILLIAMSON, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPARTMENT

DATED 11 SEPTEMBER 1981

Sea/361

FOLLOWING FOR A J SCOTT, SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION, GOVERNMENT

SECRETARIAT, HONG KONG

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BRIEFING NOTE (AS AT 4.9.81)

1.

WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT POINT ON THE FINAL SENTENCE OF THE LINE

TO TAKE ON NATIONALITY BILL IN THIS NOTE. HMG IS OPPOSED TO THE

GIBRALTAR AMENDMENT AND THIS SHOULD BE REFLECTED RATHER THAN THE PRESENT IMPLICATION THAT THE AMENDMENT WILL GO THROUGH THE LORDS

AND THE COMMONS.

2.

WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WILL FEEL ABLE TO OPPOSE THE CLAUSE

IN PARLIAMENT IS ANOTHER MATTER BUT WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT

IT THOUGHT THAT HMG IS ANYTHING BUT OPPOSED TO IT.

SIGNED P J WILLIAMSON

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