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HMLNAN 3386 CONFIDENTIAL PP PEKIN
FM HOKON TO PEKIN
11053OZ NOV
GRS 200
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
783
11/0727& HKD
NO DISTRIBUTION
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELNO 1102
OF 11053OZ NOVEMBER 85
201
ADVANCED
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PARA 3 OF FCO TELNO 1636 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED :
ACCEPTABILITY OF BN (0) PASSPORTS.
MY TELNO 2426-9, 2449-51 TO FCO WHICH CONTAIN RECORDS OF
INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND
SELECTED CONSUL-GENERALS/COMMISSIONERS ARE REPEATED TO YOU
FOR INFORMATION.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2451
OF O9O4OOZ NOVEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY SEOUL
MKK 040128
RECEN
PARA 3 OF FCO TELNO 1636 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED :
ACCEPTABILITY OF BN(0) PASSPORT : KOREA.
1. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY DISCUSSED WITH THE KOREAN DEPUTY CONSUL-
GENERAL AND HIS ASSISTANT YESTERDAY THE NEW BN (0) PASSPORT. IN
RESPONSE TO THEIR ENQUIRIES, HE CONFIRMED THAT BN (0)S WOULD ENJOY
THE SAME BRITISH CONSULAR PORTECTION IN THIRD COUNTRIES BEFORE AND
AFTER 1997 AS THAT ACCORDED TO BDTCS NOW. ON THE ACCEPTABILITY OF
THE PASSPORT AND ON CONTINUING VISA ABOLITION ARRANGEMENTS WITH
KOREA, THE DEPUTY CONSUL-GENERAL'S RESPONSE WAS CAUTIOUS BUT
NOT DISCOURAGING. HE SAID THAT THE SUBJECT WAS A COMPLICATED ONE
WHICH CALLED FOR MORE DETAILED STUDY BUT HE UNDERTOOK TO REPORT BACK
ANY RESPONSES FROM SEOUL.
2. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY STRESSED THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE
INFORMAL AND HMG WOULD MAKE FORMAL APPROACH TO THIRD COUNTRIES
AFTER THE ORDER IN COUNCIL HAD BEEN ENACTED, PROBABLY BY MID-1986.
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