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CONFIDENTIAL

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27 AUC 1985

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Action Taken

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FOO

TELNO 1715

OF 231005Z AUGUST 35

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

See too

346 т 348

TEXT OF LETTER FROM MR H.N. HARILELA, PRESIDENT, COUNCIL OF

HONG KONG INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS.

BEGINS.

DEAR SIR DAVID,

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WE WISH TO REFER TO A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN TODAY'S

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST UNDER THE TITLE PEOPLE TO GET SAY ON

BDTC STATUS SWITCH'.

AS YOU ARE MOST PROBABLY AWARE, THE COUNCIL OF HK INDIAN ASSOCIATIONS

IS STILL VERY CONCERNED OVER THE FUTURE NATIONALITY STATUS OF INDIAN

AND OTHER NON-CHINESE BDTCS. WE ARE THEREFORE WRITING TO YOU TO FIND

OUT WHETHER ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE MADE TO THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL

DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF CONSULTATION, THAT IS BETWEEN THE TIME

IT IS FIRST PUBLISHED AND THE TIME IT IS FINALLY PRESENTED TO

PARLIAMENT. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER THE ORDER WILL BE

PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT IN A DRAFT FORM, OR AS A FINAL VERSION: IF THE LATTER IS THE CASE, CAN THE ORDER BE AMENDED AS A RESULT OF THE

DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT?

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WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED THAT ONCE THE ORDER HAS BEEN LAID

BEFORE PARLIAMENT, NO AMENDMENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE, AND THE ONLY

OTHER OPTION AVAILABLE WOULD BE TO REJECT IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE ARE WRITING TO YOU TO SEEK CLARIF-

ICATION ON THIS VITAL MATTER. CONFIDENTIAL

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