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IF
ENDORSEMENTS PLACED WITHIN THEM, AND ITS TERMS FLOW DIRECTLY FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF THE UK MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE
AGREEMENT, WHICH LEGCO AND PARLIAMENT HAVE ALREADY ENDORSED.
YOU WISH TO DELAY THE LEGCO DEBATE IN THE HOPE THAT WE WILL REACH
AGREEMENT AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP WE
SHOULD SEE NO OBJECTION, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL WISH TO BEAR IN MIND
THE CONCERN EXPRESSED BY SOME MPS THAT THERE SHOULD BE ADEQUATE
TIME BETWEEN THE LEGCO DEBATE AND THE DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. BUSINESS
MANAGERS HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHEN THE ORDER WILL BE DEBATED IN
PARLIAMENT, BUT WE STILL HOPE THAT THE DEBATE WILL TAKE PLACE IN
MID DECEMBER.
7.
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(FOR PEKING). GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD MAKE THE POINTS IN PARAS 1(A) (C) AND 3 OF HONG KONG TELNO 2312 TO THE CHINESE
WHEN HANDING OVER THE REPLY TO THEIR QUESTIONS ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT (ON WHICH WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY), BUT AMENDING (B) TO READ: 'EXPLAIN THAT PARLIAMENT WILL NATURALLY BE CONCERNED WITH THIS QUESTION, WHICH IS CRUCIAL TO THE ACCEPTABILITY OF BN(0) PASSPORTS IN THIRD COUNTRIES. IS EXPECTED TO DEBATE THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL IN
MID-DECEMBER.'
PARLIAMENT
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
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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
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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