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E. CONTINUED EASE OF TRAVEL OF HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY.

HU YR-FAT AND DESMOND LEE'S PLEA ON THEIR BEHALF WAS WIDELY

REPORTED.

F. CRITICISMS OF UK GOVERNMENT'S DOWNGRADING OF THE NATIONALITY

STATUS OF HONG KNG PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS.

STEPHEN CHEONG'S SLAMMING OF CHANGES TO HONG KONG PEOPLE'S

NATIONALITY STATUS, THE CURTAILING OF HONG KONG PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF

ENTRY N THE UK OVER THE YEARS AND THE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

GIVEN TO GIBRALTARIANS AND FALKLANDERS WERE WIDELY REPORTED. SO WERE

MARTIN LEE'S CRITICISM OF THE UK SYSTEM OF ONE COUNTRY, SIX

CITIZENSHIPS'' AND BRITISH NATIONAL STATUSES WITH ''VARYING DEGREES OF BRITISHNESS'*.

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

COPIES TO:

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

PS

PS/MR RENTON

PS/PUS

SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON

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

MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

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

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