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Reference

Your Reference

Copies to:

PS/Lord Belstead PS/PUS

Chief Clerk

Mr Donald

Mr Partridge, MVD Mr Holmes, CPO

Mr Clift, HKGD Mr Edwards, WIAD Mr Elliott, FED

Mr Hill, Legal Advisers Mr Addison, Home Office Mr Pakenham-Walsh, Home

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HONG KONG PASSPORTS

1. The attached draft memorandum follows discussion

within the FCO and with Home Office officials who are

putting it to the Home Secretary. We should wait for Mr

Whitelaw's agreement and take his views into

before the memorandum goes to the Prime Minister.

Background

account

2. The background is given in Mr Walter's'letter of 5

October from the Home Office to Mr Coles at No 10, in Mr

Bone's letter of 11 October to Mr Coles, and in Mr Coles

of 21 October to Mr Walters which was copied to Mr Bone.

proposed

A copy of Hansard on Lord Geddes'/amendment to the Nation-

ality Bill of 15 October 1981 is attached.

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