TNAG-1385-FCO40-1833-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 39

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PEKING TELNO 1461: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN

COUNCIL

1. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR COPIES OF LONDON PUBLISHED WHITE

PAPER TO REACH PEKING BEFORE 17 OCTOBER AND IT WOULD IN ANY CASE

BE PREFERABLE TO HAND OVER A CHINESE AS WELL AS AN ENGLISH

VERSION. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF YOU COULD ARRANOE FOR PEKING TO

RECEIVE COPIES OF HONG KONG PRINTED VERSIONS BY 16 OCTOBER.

2. THE HONG KONG CREST WILL NO DOUBT APPEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE

DOCUMENT. TO PREEMOT QUESTIONS. PEKINO SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT THE

WHITE PAPER IS SEOARATELY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY BEINO PUBLISHED IN

LONDON. IN IDENTICAL TERMS.

HOWE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

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PS/MR RENTON

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/PUS

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MILLER, MVD

KR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE.

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON

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