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(WHICH ARE ''SUBJECT TO THE COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE RELEVANT UK LEGISLATION) WILL BE HONOURED. MOREOVER, THANKS TO MR POWELL, THEY NOW WISH TO SEE THESE UNDERTAKINGS SET IN THE CONCRETE OF UK LEGISLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. YOUR PARA 4 SEEMS TO ME TO HAVE CONFUSED THE TIMING OF THE ORDER-IN-COUNCIL ON NATIONALITY WITH THE TIMING OF INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW-STYLE PASSPORT. THESE ARE TWO QUITE DIFFERENT ISSUES AND THE LATTER COULD TAKE PLACE SOME YEARS AFTER THE FORMER. MOREOVER, THE MAIN REASON FOR WHICH EXCO ORIGINALLY WANTED TO DEFER THE LEGISLATION ON NATIONALITY WAS THAT THEY WANTED TIME TO DEVISE AN ACCEPTABLE TITLE. THAT BRIDGE, AS FAR AS EXCO ARE CONCERNED, HAS NOW BEEN CROSSED.
5. YOUR PARA 5. I HAVE HAD NO (REPEAT NO) INDICATION THAT UMELCO MIGHT WISH TO REOPEN THE QUESTION OF HOW TERMINATION OF SOVEREIGNTY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH. I AM SURPRISED THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS POSSIBLE: HOWEVER REFRACTORY THEY MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, EXCO UNOFFICIALS HAVE ACCEPTED THE HONG KONG BILL AND THE CLAUSE IT CONTAINS ON THE TERMINATION OF SOVEREIGNTY. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEY WOULD BE SO IRRESPONSIBLE AS TO REOPEN THE ISSUE AT THIS LATE STAGE WITH MP'S.
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