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KON ROBY.

HKK

ASSTIVAL 040/28

23 OCT 1065

INDER

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FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

TELNO 1065

OF 230217Z OCTOBER 85

INFO PRIORITY FCO, PEKING HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, INFO PRIORITY HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA.

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MY TELNO 1056-7 WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986 AND ISSUE OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) (BN(0)) PASSPORTS.

FURTHER TO HK/GT/101, MIFT CONTAINS FULL TEXT OF A QUESTION- AND-ANSWER BRIEF WHICH MAY PROVE USEFUL IN VIEW OF LIKELY OVERSEAS INTERESTS ON THIS SUBJECT IN PARTICULAR PASSPORT MATTERS.

2. TWENTY COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER IN ENGLISH AND TEN IN CHINESE HAVE BEEN AIR-MAILED TO WASHINGTON, NEW YORK AND GENEVA ON 21 OCTOBER.

YOUDE

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

COFIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

LR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR KILLER, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MF. NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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