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CONFIDENTIAL

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

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Jim Nicholson Esq

Passport Department

Home Office

Clive House

Petty France

London SW1

Telephone 01-

233 3918

Your reference

Our reference TG 1 AH P

Date

6 December 1985

Dear Jim,

1.

Thank you

for your letter of 29 November to Mike Hill, suggesting a reply to Hong Kong telno 2661

I would be grateful for your comments on the attached draft reply based on your

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letter.

2.

In particular, I would be grateful for your confirmation of Our understanding that Hong Kong will be introducing a computerised Cfp/mrp in 1988 (see para 3 of draft tel). Para 3(e) of Hong Kong TUR appears to be confused on this point and says that Hong Kong has

no fixed time table for introducing machine-readable passports. Incidentally if we are introducing a cfp/mrp that is computer issued in the United Kingdom, what wil1 happen to passports issued in posts overseas, where presumably they cannot be computer issued?

CC

Miss Veale, N TD

Yours

ew

V-R.

JN Powell

Hong Kong Department

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