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HKK 340.
DESKBY 20010OZ
FM FCO 191800Z NOV 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 971 OF 19 NOVEMBER
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YOUR TELNO.1236: NOMENCLATURE IN PASSPORTS
1. THE PRIME MINSITER HAS NOW AGREED THAT 'BRITISH' SHOULD BE
INSERTED AGAINST THE PRINTED WORDS 'NATIONAL STATUS/NATIONALITE''
ON THE FIRST PAGE OF BDTC PASSPORTS FOR ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
THE CITIZENSHIP DESCRIPTION ''BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
CITIZEN'* AND THE NAME OF THE DEPENDENT TERRITORY WILL BE INSERTED
IMMEDIATELY BELOW. THUS FOR HONG KONG THE ENTRY WILL READ:
BRITISH
BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN HONG KONG ·
THE PRESENT SENTENCE AT THE FOOT OF THE FIRST PAGE ATTENTION IS
DRAWN TO THE NOTES AT THE BACK OF THIS PASSPORT' WILL BE EXPANDED
BY THE ADDITION OF 'AND TO ANY OBSERVATION RELATING TO CONTROL
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971 ON PAGE 5.' AS ALREADY CURRENTLY
PRESCRIBED THE WORDS 'HOLDER IS SUBJECT TO CONTROL UNDER THE
IMMIGRATION ACT 1971' WILL APPEAR ON PAGE 5 UNDER 'OBSERVATIONS'.
2. THE NOTES AT PRESENT ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER OF PASSPORTS
WILL BE REVISED AS NECESSARY, AND A NEW NOTE ADDED:
2. CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONAL STATUS
BRITISH CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
NO RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DERIVES FROM THE STATUS
AS BRITISH NATIONALS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS,
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS, BRITISH PROTECTED PERSONS AND
BRITISH SUBJECTS.
3. NO ADMENDMENT TO BNA 1981 IS CALLED FOR AND WE DO NOT INTEND
TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY THE ADOPTION OF THIS FORMULA FOR BDTC
PASSPORTS, AS WE DO NOT WISH TO ENCOURAGE THE RE-OPENING OF THE
SUBJECT HERE E.G. ON BEHALF OF BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS AND
OTHERS. WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT IN TELLING EXCO YOU WILL MAKE
CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE APPLICABLE TO ALL
THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
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