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FM FCO 081415Z FEB 85
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 236 OF 8 FEBRUARY
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Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 144: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ORDER IN COUNCIL
1. A COPY OF THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE ORDER IN COUNCIL HAS
BEEN SENT BY THE WEEKEND BAG UNDER COVER OF A LETTER TO MRS IP,
SECURITY BRANCH. THIS INCORPORATES A NEW DEFINITION OF PERSONS
WHO ARE BDTCS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG ON LINES
SUGGESTED BY FCO LEGAL ADVISERS.
2. TUR POINTS OUT THAT NOT ALL HONG KONG BDTCS ARE HONG KONG
BELONGERS. THIS PRESUMABLY MEANS THAT IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE
TO ENTER A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN THE PASSPORTS OF
SOME BDTCS AND THUS OF SOME BN(0)S. THIS WOULD CREATE OBVIOUS
DIFFICULTIES, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE LEVEL OF CONCERN CURRENTLY BEING EXPRESSED IN HONG KONG ABOUT FREEDOM OF TRAVEL AND THE RECOGNITION OF BN (0) PASSPORTS BY THIRD COUNTRIES.
3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND TO KNOW IF YOU SEE
ABOUT POSSIBLE WAY OF RESOLVING THIS ANOMALY.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PSAR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
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 D B C CHRISTOPHER, CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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