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CONFIDENTIAL HILL 040/OPY

YECEIVED W BEGETAT

21 JAN 1995

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TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 74 OF 18/1/85

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND UKMIS NEW YORK (FOR SIR E YOUDE)

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MY TELNO 67 AND HONG KONG TELNO 156: HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

NEW NATIONALITY TITLE

1. WHEN | ACCOMPANIED LORD KADOORTE ON HIS CALL ON ZHAO ZIYANG THIS AFTERNOON, ZHOU NAN, WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT, TOLD ME THAT THE CHINESE COULD ACCEPT OUR LATEST PROPOSAL FOR THE NEW NATIONALITY TITLE (BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)), AND THAT THEY WOULD

HAVE NO OBJECTION TO REFERENCE TO IT IN THE DEBATE ON 21 JANUARY.

THOMSON

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

PS

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST

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