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09044OZ DEC

GRS 150

CONFIDENT NAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2765

TOP

CONFIDENTIAL Ouoly

OF 09044OZ DECEMBER 85

RECEIVED REGISTRY

10 DEC 1985

ICER

FA

RY

sen

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING

532

OUR TELNO 2739 : NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL : FORTHCOMING

PARLAMENTARY DEBATE

547

WE HAVE NOW BEEN INFORMED BY UMELCO THAT AT AN IN-HOUSE MEETING

LAST FRIDAY, UNOFFICIAL LEGCO MEMBERS WHO DID NOT SPEAK IN THE

ADJOURNMENT DEBATE UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED POINTS RAISED BY THEIR

COLLEAGUES DURING THE DEBATE. THEY CONCLUDED THAT A LETTER SUMMARI-

ZING THE POINTS MADE SHOULD BE SENT MN THE NAME OF ALL UNOFFICINAL

LEGCO MEMBERS TO MEMBERS OF PARLAMENT BEFORE THE FORTHCOMING PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, BY 20 DECEMBER AT THE LATEST. THEY HAVE NOT

YET DECIDED HOW MANY COPIES SHOULD BE SENT BUT THEIR NORMAL

PRACTICE IS TO SEND REPRESENTATIONS TO ALL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

AND TO A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT 300 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

2. 4N THE LIGHT OF THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT, PLEASE DISREGARD OUR

REQUEST IN PARA. 5 OF TUR.

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

PS

PS/MR RENTON

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

CONFIDENTIAL