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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2604
OF 22034OZ NOVEMBER 85
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OUR TELNO 2457: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : ACCEPTABILITY OF BN (0)
PASSPORTS : JAPAN.
THE JAPANESE DEPUTY CONSUL-GENERAL CALLED ON THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY THIS AFTERNOON TO SAY HIS GOVERNMENT HAD NOW
RESPONDED TO HIS REPORT TO TOKYO FOLLOWING OUR EARLIER DISCUSSION.
2. HIS GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE WAS THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THAT THE PROSPERITY AND MAINTENANCE OF STABILITY OF HONG KONG WAS IMPORTANT FOR JAPAN AND FOR ASIA AS A WHOLE. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL WISH TO CONTRIBUTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TOWARDS MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ALSO RECOGNISES THAT THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE BN (0) PASSPORT BY THIRD COUNTRIES IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR HONG KONG. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HIS GOVERNMENT WILL STUDY THE QUESTION CAREFULLY WHEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAKES PTS
FORMAL APPROACH.
3. COMMENT:
DEPUTY CONSUL-GENERAL APOLOGISED FOR THE SOMEWHAT BUREAUCRATIC NATURE OF THIS RESPONSE. WE SEE IT AS REASONABLY HOPEFUL IN THAT AT LEAST IT DOES NOT RAISE ANY POSSIBLE
DIFFICULTIES.
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
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 MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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