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FM FCO 13174OZ MAR 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 400 OF 13 MARCH
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNOS 512-3: TRANSMISSIBILITY OF BOC STATUS
1. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT LORD AVEBURY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENT TO THE HONG KONG BILL:
PAGE 2 LINE 33
INSERT AT END
(QUOTE (5) AN ORDER MADE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL MAKE PROVISION
FOR A BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) WHO CANNOT CLAIM CITIZENSHIP
OF ANY OTHER COUNTRY TO BE ENTITLED TO BE REGISTERED AS A
BRITISH CITIZEN IF AN APPLICATION IS MADE FOR HIS REGISTRATION
AS SUCH A CITIZEN. UNQUOTE)
2. IN REPLY WE INTEND TO FOLLOW, BROADLY SPEAKING, THE LINE
ON TRANSMISSIBILITY OF BOC STATUS SET OUT IN OUR TELNO 388.
HOME OFFICE MINISTERS HAVE NOW AGREED TO PROVISIONS ANALOGOUS
TO SECTION 17(2) OF THE BNA WHEREBY THE GRAND-CHILDREN (BUT NO
FURTHER GENERATIONS) OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BDTCS IN HONG KONG, AND WHO
WERE BORN STATELESS, WOULD BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION AS BOCS,
PROVIDED THE APPLICATION WAS MADE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF BIRTH.
WE WILL ARGUE THAT THIS MEETS THE CONCERNS ON STATELESSNESS
EXPRESSED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS DURING THE SECOND READING
DEBATE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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SIR J FREELAND
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MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE
RD B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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