TNAG-1094-FCO40-1344-European-Community-common-format-passports-Hong-Kong-and-Dep-1981 — Page 13

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GR 200

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FM FCO 16181OZ MAR 81

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 248 OF 16 MARCH

TOP COL

RECEIVED BEE

7 NO. 51

2 OMAR 1981

DESK OFFICER INDEX

ملان

PA

1£23.3.

PEGISTRY Action Taken

flis 23/3

AND SAVING TO HAMILTON GRAND CAYMAN PORT STANLEY GIBRALTAR ST HELENA

MONTSERRAT TRISTAN DA CUNHA ASCENSION WELLINGTON (FOR PITCAIRN) ––

BELMOPAN TORTOLA GRAND TURK ANGUILLA

INFO SAVING EC POSTS

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YOUR TELNO 283 (NOT REPEATED ELSEWHERE): EC COMMON FORMAT PASSPORTS:

DEPENDENT TERRITORY INTERESTS.

1. FEW DETAILS AGREED TO DATE. COVER WILL BE MAROON, AND BEAR THE

WORDS EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE NAME AND CREST OF THE COUNTRY AND THE

WORD PASSPORT. THE FIRST INSIDE PAGE WILL BEAR THE WORDS EUROPEAN

COMMUNITY AND THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY IN ALL SEVEN EC LANGUAGES.

FORMAT OF OTHER INSIDE PAGES AND WHETHER COVER HARD-BACK OR SOFT

YET TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT UK AGREEMENT DEPENDS ON INCLUSION OF A MACHINE-READABLE DATE PAGE. SIZE OF PASSPORT HAS NOT BEEN AGREED,

BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE SMALLER THAN PRESENT CUKC PASSPORT.

2. YOU MAY STRESS THAT IT WILL BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION CAN BEGIN, AND CHOICE RESTS WITH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WHETHER TO

ADOPT EC FORMAT TYPE PASSPORTS OR RETAIN PRESENT ONE.

3. CONTENTS OF PARAGRAPH ONE MAY BE DIVULGED TO UNOFFICIALS IN

STRICT CONFIDENCE.

CARRINGTON

LIMITED

нкало

ECD(1)

NTD

PS MR LUCE

SED

PS / PUS

PS/MR RIDLEY PSI MR BLAKER

COPIES TO HONG KONG GOUT OFFICE,

LONDON,

WIAD

SIR.E. YOUDE

SAMD

MR DONALD

MCD

PS

PS LPS

MR ADAM'S

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