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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1323
OF 170728Z SEPTEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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1 8 SEP 1985
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MY TEL NO 1308, HONG KONG TEL NO 1881 AND YOUR TELNO 1342 TO HONG KONG:
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENTS IN BN (0) PASSPORTS.
1. AT LI HOU'S DINNER FOR THOMAS ON 12 SEPTEMBER, I ASKED LU PING WHETHER HE HAD SEEN OUR PROPOSALS ABOUT BN(0) PASSPORTS, NEW IDENTITY CARDS AND RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENTS IN THE FORMER. HE SAID THAT HE HAD.
2. I THEN TOLD LU THAT WE HOPED FOR AN EARLY CHINESE RESPONSE TO OUR PROPOSALS. THE GOVERNOR WOULD NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE ISSUES IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE NEW LEGCO AT THE END OF OCTOBER. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD RECEIVE THE CHINESE RESPONSE WELL BEFORE THEN.
3. LU REPLIED THAT OUR PROPOSALS GAVE THE CHINESE NO SERIOUS PROBLEM SEMICLN THEY WERE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAD BEEN AGREED BETWEEN MCLAREN AND HIMSELF DURING THEIR LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NATIONALITY IN SEPTEMBER 1984. HE SAW NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT GET A RESPONSE QUITE SOON.
4. IN THE LIGHT OF WHAT LU SAND, THINK IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO PROPOSE TO THE HKMO THAT A TEAM OF EXPERTS SHOULD GO FROM HONG KONG TO PEKING TO EXPLAIN OUR PROPOSALS. INSTEAD, SUGGEST THAT THOMSON SHOULD BROACH THE SUBJECT WHEN HE NEXT CALLS ON THE HKMO ABOUT A HONG KONG MATTER (THIS IS LIKELY TO BE SOON). HE COULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD LIKE A RESPONSE BY (SAY) 10 OCTOBER, SO THAT THE GOVERNOR CAN DEAL WITH THE SUBJECT CONCRETELY WHEN HE ADDRESSES THE NEW LEGCO. SEE NO REASON WHY THOMSON SHOULD NOT REFER TO THE SIGNAL WHICH HAVE HAD FROM LU.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
DR WILSON
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