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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 120745Z NOV 82

TO ROUTINE FCO

h. Bytom

CONFIDENTIAL

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1309 OF 12 NOVEMBER

(79B

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

BNA 1981 AND RIGHT OF ABODE IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

YOUR TELNO PERSONAL 1 OF 16 FEBRUARY 1981 AND YOUR LETTER OF 20 JANUARY 1982 REFER.

2. SUBJECT TO ENACTMENT OF THE DRAFT BILL ANNEXED TO EXCO MEMO XCC (82)111, IT IS CONFIRMED THAT THE STATUS OF BELONGER AND THUS ABSOLUTE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL BE GRANTED TO ALL BDTCS WHO BECOME SUCH BY REASON OF CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG.

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YOUDE

MINIMAL

HR+GD

COPIES

TO!-

HONG KONG GOUT OFFICE

LONDON

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

CONTIDENTIAL

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