TNAG-1387-FCO40-1835-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1986 — Page 4

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3737 - 1

OCMIAN 3737

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TT NEDEL

FM FCOLN TO NEDEL

201100Z DEC

GRS 1227

Han Quo

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 O MAR 1986

UNCLASSIFIED

FM FCO

TO TELELETTER NEW DELHI

TELELETTER

OF 201100Z DECEMBER 85

AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG

FROM JN POWELL, HKD, FCO

TO RJ CODRINGTON, NEW DELHI

AND TO R P MARGOLIS, HONG KONG

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

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INDIAN BDTCS IN HONG KONG

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 10 DECEMBER ON THE QUESTION

OF BDTCS OF INDIAN ORIGIN IN HONG KONG.

1.

2.

I AM AFRAID YOU MAY HAVE MISINTERPRETED PARA 6 OF OUR

TELNO 576 TO TOKYO. PARA 6 REFERRED TO THE AGREEMENT AT THE

JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN PEKING ON THE WORDING OF THE RIGHT

OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT TO BE ENTERED IN THE NEW BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED TO ALL FORMER BDTCS. THE RIGHT

OF ABODE OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG IS ALREADY

SAFEGUARDED BY SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT

DECLARATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG. THIS SETS OUT IN

DETAIL WHO WILL ENJOY RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 AND

SHOULD COVER ALL INDIANS IN HONG KONG UNLESS THEY HAVE RIGHT OF

ABODE ELSEWHERE.

3.

THE QUESTION OF THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN HONG KONG WILL, HOWEVER, BE RECEIVING SOME PUBLICITY IN THE UK AND HONG KONG IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHEN THE NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

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