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are unable to negotiate VAAS that allow equal treatment for all British nationals, including those not automatically acceptable for entry into the UK, we would have to decide whether or not we could proceed on the basis of a limited agreement or, alternatively, if necessary, mutually abrogate the VAA. In the case of EEC States this would have little effect on British citizens who would still be permitted freedom of movement amongst the EEC countries. Abrogation of VAAS would, however, be a drastic step of little comfort to Hong Kong and not an avenue we would willingly wish to explore. In such circumstances Hong Kong would probably retaliate by imposing irksome visa requirements on those countries that declined to give HK BDTCs and BN (0)s visa free entry. It would fall to our posts to apply these requirements and to bear the brunt of the ill-will and additional work created by the imposition of a visa requirement for Hong Kong.
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We will keep you informed of developments in this field.
A.J. Cando
20 March 1985
A J Cambridge
سلهام
Migration and Visa Department
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